CFI Releases Report on How O&G Impacts Colorado’s Outdoor Economy

INFORMATIVE 2023 REPORT DETAILS THE DAMAGE O&G IS DOING AND OFFERS SOLUTIONS ​

Our friends at the Colorado Fiscal Institute have studied the issues in depth and offer this report “At Odds With the Outdoor Economy – Comparing Colorado’s Outdoor Recreation and Oil and Gas Industries.”
 
Colorado is known for its skiing, mountain climbing, biking, fishing, rafting, and camping – but can this really replace oil and gas in terms of economic output, jobs, and sales tax revenue? How does it compare? And how reliant are we already on the outdoor recreation industry? This report aims to shed light on those questions.

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