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A serious debate over the long-term impact of climate change in the United States is proving impossible because the extreme “woke” left and extreme “MAGA” right refuse to proceed on a rational and fact-driven basis. The left sees annihilation around the corner. The right dismisses climate change as little more than changes in weather patterns or indeed a hoax. To put this into perspective, both extremes should study a bit of history regarding environmental disasters. At the end of the 19th century, New York City suffered from a crippling pollution crisis. At the time, about 1.2 million people lived in...