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Consider some of the environmental, political and social challenges this season, and what they say about the state of the United States as it emerges haltingly from the contagion.
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It is historically hot in some places. Temperatures in the far west in recent days are among the hottest on record. Lake Mead, which was created in the Great Depression, is at its lowest level since the 1930s. There is conflict among farmers and native Americans over water.
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