Exactly right. We don't get to climate control the continent and, no,  a steady climate is not a human right. 
Furthermore, unless the writer has a crystal ball, there is no proof that we are set to lose established maple syrup production to climate change anytime soon. There have always been storms and storm damage; to suggest the ice storm in 1998 was climate change related is absurd. 
What about when Mt. Vesuvius destroyed Pompeii, was that from the Romans smelting too much?