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The West is rich in renewable energy opportunities, but research demonstrates that property tax revenues from this development vary widely across 17 rural study counties due to state tax policies. Read more
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Monitoring can help local governments better understand the socioeconomic impacts caused by energy development, and support requests to industry and state government for assistance to implement appropriate mitigation. Read more
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This report compares how North Dakota provides local governments with production tax revenue from unconventional oil extraction compared to other major energy-producing states. Read more
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This report compares how Wyoming provides local governments with production tax revenue from unconventional fossil fuel extraction compared to other major energy-producing states. Read more
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This report compares how New Mexico provides local governments with production tax revenue from unconventional fossil fuel extraction compared to other major energy-producing states. Read more
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This report compares how Colorado provides local governments with production tax revenue from unconventional fossil fuel extraction compared to other major energy-producing states. Read more
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This report compares how Montana provides local governments with production tax revenue from unconventional fossil fuel extraction compared to other major energy-producing states. Read more
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This report compares how Oklahoma provides local governments with production tax revenue from unconventional fossil fuel extraction compared to other major energy-producing states. Read more
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This report compares how Texas provides local governments with production tax revenue from unconventional fossil fuel extraction compared to other major energy-producing states. Read more
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This paper demonstrates that when fossil fuel development plays a prominent, long-term role in local western economies there are negative effects on per capita income, crime rates, and educational attainment. Read more
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This report explores the challenges for states and local communities caused by unconventional oil and natural gas development, and fiscal best practices that address them. Read more
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This report analyzes the proposed SunZia transmission line, finding that the project, as currently configured, depends on its ability to export renewable energy from New Mexico to markets in Arizona and California. Read more
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This graphical analysis reviews the status of New Mexico’s oil and gas industry including production, drilling activity, and its role in the state’s economy. Read more
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This research summary offers an overview of efforts to quantify the national green economy in terms of job creation from several perspectives. Read more
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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. Read more
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This report analyzes the growing infrastructure and services needs of the Bakken boom and meeting the demands of unconventional energy development. Read more
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This graphical analysis shows that Utah’s oil and gas industry was recovering at the time of the report. Read more
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Headwaters Economics analyzed transmission infrastructure issues from the perspective of regional economic development, and other topics most relevant to local and state decision makers. Read more
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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. Read more
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A graphical analysis of oil and natural gas drilling in the United States which now has returned to pre-recession levels. Read more
