Opinion

Oil shale can provide jobs for future

RBC I Developing America’s abundant oil shale resources will create tens of thousands of new American jobs and generate new revenue to help pay for infrastructure improvements, thereby creating even more jobs. Good paying jobs and infrastructure go hand in hand. As oil shale is commercialized, there will be a need for updated infrastructure to support the communities where workers will live and bring up their families. Local sales and property taxes, royalties and severance…