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This is the political scene, and I'm David Remnick.

I try not to be alarmist, but I feel like there is some sort of apocalypse that's awaiting around climate change.

I fear for people who are living below sea level, I fear for people who are very dependent on agriculture, and I can just go to the grocery store, so I have a little bit more

time, I have a stable income, but, I mean, calamity can come at any time.

I think we're getting towards a point where we're not going to be able to reverse the damages to the climate that we make.

And I'm, yeah, I'm a little bit worried to see what the consequences of that might be in the future,

especially when I'm thinking about, you know, do I want to have kids? Is this a world I want to bring them into? Is it going to be safe for them? I really

don't know. I realize that mankind is a tough species to be part of, but we're doing it to the earth and we have to change.

I have grandchildren, so I think about what their lives will be like when mine is no longer

here, and it doesn't seem to me that things are happening quickly.

I mean, I lived in Staten Island for Hurricane Sandy,

and that was like, it devastated that borough in New York.

And it was just because of lack of preparedness

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