With less than two months before the November election, a CBS News poll shows Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are tied in the battleground states. While climate change is not the top issue for most voters, research out of the University of Colorado Boulder finds it could be a significant factor in the race. CU’s Center for Environmental Futures found a quarter of Republicans, who think climate change is very important, voted for President Biden in 2020, likely swinging the election. But, in some parts of Colorado, voters’ views on the issue aren’t black and white. Marc Arnusch is a third-generation farmer in Colorado’s Prospect Valley. His grandfather and father immigrated here 70 years ago to grow sugar beets on 40 acres. Today Arnusch and his son farm 3,000 acres. “The success of our farm is one of resiliency. It’s because we’ve been able to pivot. And one of those things we’ve pivoted continually around is climate,” Arnusch said. CBS News Colorado Political Reporter Shaun Boyd interviews Marc Arnusch. Instead of sugar beets that demand more water, Arnusch and his son now grow wheat and barley seed, black eyed peas, grains for the craft brew and spirits industry, and corn for tortillas. “Because we want to be sensible about our water footprint. Our farm has changed more in last 3-5 years than in the last 20 years of my farming career,” Arnusch says. “That’s due to some of the water use technologies we have in our field. I can bury a probe in the ground that will not only tell me how much water is in the soil, but how the crop is taking it up.” Arnusch admits his views on climate change have evolved. “Earlier in my farming career, I was a naysayer that man couldn’t possibly change […]