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  1. 2. Biden announced that this item will be phased out in about 100 years in efforts to save energy. 222 million metric tons of CO2 emissions are expected to decrease and LED lights are used in place of this already in some homes
  2. 3. this country has been testing nuclear missles near Japan's seas
  3. 5. associate justice who retired from the Supreme Court in January of 2022
  4. 6. landmark court case that legalized abortion in the U.S. Currently in danger of being overturned by SCOTUS
  5. 8. US elections that will be held in November of 2022 to elect HoR and Senate members
  6. 9. Ivy League school that has recently announced its plan to redress its past ties to slavery through exchange programs, building memorials, introducing new curriculm, and parterning with tribal colleges. They are setting aside $100 million for this project
  7. 12. series of protests by the people of Myanmar against Min Aung Hlaing's stratocracy for democracy
  8. 13. controversial bill that does not allow classroom instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity until students are in third grade.
  9. 15. one of the CEOs of a big tech company who tried to lobby the Senate committee that was discussing a regulatory bill for these monopolies. the bill was recently approved
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  1. 1. this rover was used by NASA to land on Mars. Wreckage of it was recently found through new pictures
  2. 4. war that began after Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February of 2022, led by Vladimir Putin. many NATO countries are concerned that it may extend past Ukraine and stop their ability to access gas
  3. 7. highly contagious, but not as dangerous, COVID-19 strain that has recently infected 60% of Americans, 75% of them being children, the highest to date
  4. 10. this tropical rainforest in Brazil has reached the highest levels of deforestation
  5. 11. the civil war in this country turned seven years old in March 2022, between the government led by Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi against the Houthi rebels
  6. 14. a high school in this state has recently banned transgender people from participating in sports teams respective to the gender they identify with