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UNHRC - UN Human Rights Council — It was officially announced this week that the US has quit the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). This is the first time any nation has ever voluntarily left. When it was first established in 2006, the Bush administration simply did not join, and it was only in 2009 that the Obama […]

Humanists shocked to receive ‘bizarre rant’ from United States

This entry was posted in politics society and tagged human rights IHEU UNHRC US on June 23, 2018 by Dave

It is quite natural wonder how it is possible to have record breaking cold snaps if the world is warming. You might expect record breaking heat waves because temperatures are rising, so how is it possible to also have record breaking cold snaps? I stated to address this in a […]

Polar Vortex and the Cold snap in a warming world

This entry was posted in Climate Change environment news science and tagged arctic warming cold snap jet stream US on January 2, 2018 by Dave

cold snap — With the cold snap in the US at the moment and Trump tweeting out his desire for more Global Warming it is understandable that some who deny the reality of it all will latch on to it as evidence that it is all a myth. In the East, it could be […]

Is the Cold Snap proof that climate change is a myth?

This entry was posted in Climate Change news science and tagged cold snap US on January 1, 2018 by Dave

Not too long ago I was writing about the news that Nicaragua had signed up to the Paris Agreement. At that time that left only two nations outside – the US and Syria. That has now changed, Syria has signed up. #COP23 BREAKING NEWS: #Syria has announced it will sign the […]

Who is not part of the Paris Agreement?

This entry was posted in Climate Change news politics science and tagged climate Paris Agreement syria US on November 9, 2017 by Dave

we are still in — There is an official US delegation attending the Climate conference in Bonn, Germany (COP23). Given that they represent a climate change denying anti-science administration, their remit is as insane as you might anticipate. As explained by the New York Times recently … The Trump administration will promote coal, natural gas […]

Who represents the US at COP23?

This entry was posted in Climate Change news politics science and tagged Bonn climate COP23 environment US We are still in on November 8, 2017 by Dave

religious decline — If the current trend of US religious decline continues, and that is a very distinct probability, then you can project ahead and work out how things will potentially change in the next decade or two. This has been done by a Computer Scientist and it has yielded the following insights […]

How far will the religious decline in the US go?

This entry was posted in atheism and tagged Allen Downey belief religious decline trends US on October 25, 2017 by Dave