Colorado Results (15)
Report: Colorado’s Oil and Natural Gas Industry
This graphical analysis reviews the status of Colorado’s oil and gas industry including production, drilling activity, tax policy, its role in Colorado’s economy.
Unconventional Oil and North Dakota Communities: State Fiscal Policy Unprepared for Impacts of Energy Development
This report analyzes the growing infrastructure and services needs of the Bakken boom and meeting the demands of unconventional energy development.
Colorado’s Economy and the Role of Federal Protected Lands
This report summarizes Colorado’s economy and the role of federal protected lands, including how the state has performed, and Colorado’s ability to attract people, investment, and businesses.
County Level Drilling Activity, 2001-2011
This report focuses on county-level details of drilling rig activity for the period 2001 to 2011 in the six Rocky Mountain oil and gas states of Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming.
Study: Energy Policy Can Be Either Boon or Bane
Grand Junction Sentinel on study about the impact of fossil fuels on western economies.
Fossil Fuel Extraction and Western Economies
This study analyzes the fossil fuel economy in five Rocky Mountain states—CO, MT, NM, UT, and WY—and how states and communities can maximize benefits and minimize the costs of energy development.
Economic Impact of National Parks
Headwaters Economics has created an interactive page that shows visits, non-local spending, and jobs created in gateway communities for each of the National Park Service units.
Salt Lake Tribune: “Oil Shale Obstacles”
In the news: By Julia Haggerty, Ph.D., Headwaters Ecoinomics— The Obama administration’s decision to take a "fresh look" at oil shale policy and regulations is sound public policy that will benefit the future viability of commercial development in the long-term.
Today, the commercial feasibility of proposed oil shale development remains tenuous due to a number of technical, environmental, regulatory and economic challenges.
A formal, nonbiased review is needed for a number of reasons.…
Atlas of Bison Conservation
The Atlas of Bison Conservation helps organizations and agencies prioritize where bison restoration might take place and helps users improve their understanding of the socioeconomic conditions in specific areas.
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