In the past few years alone that list has included "77 oil and gas leases halted" inUtah, 55, 000 acres put off limits to oil and gas jobsin Colorado, the destructions of functioning dams, and the removal of millions of new acres from any business pursuit.
Tech hiring has picked up in places like Silicon Valley, New York and DC, but consistently the fastest growth in science, engineering and technical jobs has been in low-cost states such as North Dakota, Virginia, New Mexico, Utah and Texas.