Largest industry vulnerable to climate change

Chris Christiaens.

Agriculture is Montana’s largest industry, and that makes the state’s economy especially vulnerable to climate change.

Chris Christiaens is a lobbyist for the Montana Farmers Union and a former state senator. He says climate change poses many problems for farmers and ranchers, such as droughts and forest fires.

Read, and listen to the Yale Climate Connections story – “Global Warming and Agriculture in Montana.”