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When politicians and journalists use the phrase “carbon pollution,” to which of the following substances are they typically referring?

What portion of all murders in the United States are committed with firearms?

Which of the following taxes accounts for the greatest share of federal government revenues?

What portion of the U.S. economy is consumed by government spending?

According to the Declaration of Independence, what is the primary purpose of government?

How much of all land in the U.S. is owned by the federal government?

What portion of all fatal accidents in the United States involve firearms?

Do federal, state, and local governments in the U.S. spend more combined money on education or national defense and veterans’ benefits?

In the low-lying nation of Bangladesh, which is considered to be the world’s most endangered mainland from rising sea levels, how much land area was lost between 1973 and 2008?

Has the amount or intensity of hurricane strikes in the U.S. generally increased over the past 150 years?