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Dr. Claudia Sheinbaum in Torreón, Coahuila; 05 July 2023. Flickr; public domain. In 2000, American voters picked climate activist Al Gore as their choice for president. However, the Supreme Court (5-4) stopped a manual recount in Florida, giving the electoral college victory to George Bush. Almost 24 years later, Mexican voters have picked Claudia Sheinbaum — a Jewish climate scientist — as their next president, the first woman to hold that office. If you can imagine American voters picking a climate scientist for president, I have a bridge in Alaska to sell you. The two — Gore and Sheinbaum —…

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