Short Story "Bait"

What if the reason it's so difficult to take action against global climate change is that the wealthy few who control the world's great corporations have realized that it can be even more profitable than war? In 2095, the sea wall that kept the Pacific Ocean from submerging the California lowlands all the way to Sacramento has collapsed, and the official story is that it was terrorists. Infrastructure analyst Alphon Quince knew it was a lie. What he didn't know was what they were willing to do to protect that lie.