Then again, this hasn't been the first time the states have moved ahead of the federal administration - happened during Trump's first term too. Maybe they'll do it successfully again.
Cygnean
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Wouldn't it, essentially, become a giant sand bank of sorts?
Not near-future science fiction alone, every time of sci-fi but the true far-future science fiction seems to be able to discuss this (if we take near-future to mean within decades), think for example of 2312 or the Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson.
Here's the link that takes you straight to the archived version of the report for those that only want the report:
https://web.archive.org/web/20250629071704/https://nca2023.globalchange.gov/#home-modal-1