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Energy, tourism will be affected by climate change, report says

CASPER — Climate change will most directly affect Wyoming’s tourism and outdoor recreation industries — the state’s second largest source of revenue — according to a major government report.

But perhaps the most vulnerable industry to rising global temperatures, one that is threaded through the state’s entire economy, is energy.

The report, which was released Friday, predicts billions in losses to...