Rocky Mountain Energy Resource Development: Status, Potential, and Socioeconomic Issues

EMD-77-23 Published: Jul 13, 1977. Publicly Released: Jul 13, 1977.

Highlights

Rapid and extensive development of the uranium, oil shale, and coal resources in the relatively sparsely populated Rocky Mountain States may have profound socioeconomic and environmental effects on the area.

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Energy

CoalEconomic developmentEnergyFederal aid programsstate relationsMineral resourcesNatural resourcesShale oil resourcesSocial sciences researchUranium