Somnous Butler 🍃🌲🌹🐝🦋
@somnousbutler.bsky.social
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♏ Apothisexual Woman of West Yorkshire
✏️ Traditional Artist🧵 Crafter: Costumes
🚫 Religion/AI/Minors/Overused 🍆
📝 Writer: Fandoms & Fictional. Also a Furry 🦊
♏ Apothisexual Woman of West Yorkshire
✏️ Traditional Artist🧵 Crafter: Costumes
🚫 Religion/AI/Minors/Overused 🍆
📝 Writer: Fandoms & Fictional. Also a Furry 🦊
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I must ask for all who visit my page not to be put off by any reposts of Climate Change. I simply worry for the sake of nature and wildlife and try to avoid the topic when possible. I just care deeply for something that needs a voice - mine and many more. 😊🍃🌳🍃🌻🐝🦋🪶🐾🌍🌊
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🚨 The #Arctic saw its hottest June on record for the month! The region's 10 warmest Junes have all been observed since 2012, with most of this warming trend coming from over northern land areas.
Data from NOAAGlobalTemp: www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monit...
Data from NOAAGlobalTemp: www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monit...
July 11, 2026 at 5:47 PM
🚨 The #Arctic saw its hottest June on record for the month! The region's 10 warmest Junes have all been observed since 2012, with most of this warming trend coming from over northern land areas.
Data from NOAAGlobalTemp: www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monit...
Data from NOAAGlobalTemp: www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monit...
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Fuel on the fire
As the world swelters in ever more dangerous heat, why are oil companies being allowed to turn up the gas instead of paying for the consequences of their greed?
My column on Big Oil’s mad, bad plan to increase production.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
As the world swelters in ever more dangerous heat, why are oil companies being allowed to turn up the gas instead of paying for the consequences of their greed?
My column on Big Oil’s mad, bad plan to increase production.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fuel on the fire: why oil companies are profiting as the world gets dangerously hot
The scientific consensus is that burning fossil fuels drives the climate crisis, yet the world’s biggest oil companies are planning to increase production
www.theguardian.com
July 8, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Fuel on the fire
As the world swelters in ever more dangerous heat, why are oil companies being allowed to turn up the gas instead of paying for the consequences of their greed?
My column on Big Oil’s mad, bad plan to increase production.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
As the world swelters in ever more dangerous heat, why are oil companies being allowed to turn up the gas instead of paying for the consequences of their greed?
My column on Big Oil’s mad, bad plan to increase production.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Trees are nature’s air conditioning – cooling streets by up to 5°C, cutting heat risks, and helping cities withstand hotter summers | Kate Moore
Shade, cooling and survival: why we need more trees
Trees are nature’s air conditioning – cooling streets by up to 5°C, cutting heat risks, and helping cities withstand hotter summers
eastangliabylines.co.uk
July 11, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Trees are nature’s air conditioning – cooling streets by up to 5°C, cutting heat risks, and helping cities withstand hotter summers | Kate Moore
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Whistleblower reveals hundreds of pollution incidents in Yorkshire river catchment
climatewithbrian.com/2026/07/11/w...
climatewithbrian.com/2026/07/11/w...
Whistleblower Reveals Hundreds of Pollution Incidents in Yorkshire River Catchment
Feargal Sharkey speaking on the banks of the River Wharfe, Yorkshire, 2024 Campaigners, MPs and members of the public gathered together in Leeds for a special screening of Channel 4’s ‘Dirty Busine…
climatewithbrian.com
July 11, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Whistleblower reveals hundreds of pollution incidents in Yorkshire river catchment
climatewithbrian.com/2026/07/11/w...
climatewithbrian.com/2026/07/11/w...
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In December, the Govt will decide if it will renew the glyphosate licence until 2041…
• That’s 15 more years of impacts on worms, bees, soils and run-off into ponds and rivers, and glyphosate in your food. Sign Garden Organic’s petition NOW to ban this dangerous herbicide #GrowersAgainstGlyphosate.
• That’s 15 more years of impacts on worms, bees, soils and run-off into ponds and rivers, and glyphosate in your food. Sign Garden Organic’s petition NOW to ban this dangerous herbicide #GrowersAgainstGlyphosate.
May 8, 2026 at 1:14 PM
In December, the Govt will decide if it will renew the glyphosate licence until 2041…
• That’s 15 more years of impacts on worms, bees, soils and run-off into ponds and rivers, and glyphosate in your food. Sign Garden Organic’s petition NOW to ban this dangerous herbicide #GrowersAgainstGlyphosate.
• That’s 15 more years of impacts on worms, bees, soils and run-off into ponds and rivers, and glyphosate in your food. Sign Garden Organic’s petition NOW to ban this dangerous herbicide #GrowersAgainstGlyphosate.
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We hear from people in the UK, where “smokeless” “clean” coal is allowed to be burned even in Smoke Control Areas.
Trump’s new ‘Coalie’ mascot and myth of ‘clean, beautiful coal’ have a long history in advertising
Ads from the 19th and 20th centuries shows how the industry has long tried to promote coal as clean and even healthy, despite evidence to the contrary.
theconversation.com
May 8, 2026 at 2:34 AM
We hear from people in the UK, where “smokeless” “clean” coal is allowed to be burned even in Smoke Control Areas.
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Wood burning is a significant source of ultrafine particles.
May 9, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Wood burning is a significant source of ultrafine particles.
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Over-mowing by many councils has started already. Dandelions, daisies, cuckooflower, clover - lifelines for pollinators - mown down to lifeless, 'tidy' grass deserts. Is your council taking positive action to restore at least 30% of nature, or is it lagging behind?
April 28, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Over-mowing by many councils has started already. Dandelions, daisies, cuckooflower, clover - lifelines for pollinators - mown down to lifeless, 'tidy' grass deserts. Is your council taking positive action to restore at least 30% of nature, or is it lagging behind?
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www.theguardian.com/business/202...
We fully support these MPs' and peers' calls to #AxeDrax.
They lie, they obfuscate, they hide evidence, then they lobby, they charm, they bully.
Nobody is irreplaceable - this applies to #Drax and #Biomass as well as CEOs.
We fully support these MPs' and peers' calls to #AxeDrax.
They lie, they obfuscate, they hide evidence, then they lobby, they charm, they bully.
Nobody is irreplaceable - this applies to #Drax and #Biomass as well as CEOs.
Calls to halt Drax’s £2m-a-day subsidy over sustainability doubts
Exclusive: MPs ‘deeply concerned’ power plant may have misled ministers and regulators over source of wood pellets
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2026 at 10:13 AM
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
We fully support these MPs' and peers' calls to #AxeDrax.
They lie, they obfuscate, they hide evidence, then they lobby, they charm, they bully.
Nobody is irreplaceable - this applies to #Drax and #Biomass as well as CEOs.
We fully support these MPs' and peers' calls to #AxeDrax.
They lie, they obfuscate, they hide evidence, then they lobby, they charm, they bully.
Nobody is irreplaceable - this applies to #Drax and #Biomass as well as CEOs.
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AGM time again! Join us on March 5th if you are near #Wakefield. See www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nature-for... for details.
February 13, 2026 at 6:58 PM
AGM time again! Join us on March 5th if you are near #Wakefield. See www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nature-for... for details.
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It's completely beyond me how authorities can continue to ignore this fundamental issue, especially given that we KNOW that with climate breakdown floods will only keep getting worse.
Pay farmers to rewild NOW.
Pay farmers to rewild NOW.
If you're a victim of repeated flooding, you need to start looking at land use upstream.
One of these sponges up vast amounts of water, releasing it slowly, the other does not. One reduces flooding, the other *increases* it.
Without addressing this core driver, it'll just keep on getting worse.
One of these sponges up vast amounts of water, releasing it slowly, the other does not. One reduces flooding, the other *increases* it.
Without addressing this core driver, it'll just keep on getting worse.
February 6, 2026 at 5:27 PM
It's completely beyond me how authorities can continue to ignore this fundamental issue, especially given that we KNOW that with climate breakdown floods will only keep getting worse.
Pay farmers to rewild NOW.
Pay farmers to rewild NOW.
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Senior executives at Drax raised concerns internally about the validity of the energy company’s sustainability claims while it publicly denied allegations that it was cutting down environmentally important forests for fuel.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Drax insiders privately raised concerns over its sustainability claims, court papers show
Company publicly denied allegations that primary forests were being cut down to fuel UK’s biggest power plant
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Senior executives at Drax raised concerns internally about the validity of the energy company’s sustainability claims while it publicly denied allegations that it was cutting down environmentally important forests for fuel.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Tell your legislators and Governor Moore to pass the CHERISH Our Communities Act in 2026!
‘Pollution is Killing Us’
‘Our Pain = Their Profit’
cc @senbillferg.bsky.social @govwesmoore.bsky.social @mddems.bsky.social
act.cleanwater.org/page/182198/...
‘Pollution is Killing Us’
‘Our Pain = Their Profit’
cc @senbillferg.bsky.social @govwesmoore.bsky.social @mddems.bsky.social
act.cleanwater.org/page/182198/...
Support the CHERISH Our Communities Act
Now more than ever, communities in Maryland that have been overburdened by pollution for too long need and deserve state-level protections. Tell your legislators and Governor Moore to pass the CHERISH...
act.cleanwater.org
January 14, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Tell your legislators and Governor Moore to pass the CHERISH Our Communities Act in 2026!
‘Pollution is Killing Us’
‘Our Pain = Their Profit’
cc @senbillferg.bsky.social @govwesmoore.bsky.social @mddems.bsky.social
act.cleanwater.org/page/182198/...
‘Pollution is Killing Us’
‘Our Pain = Their Profit’
cc @senbillferg.bsky.social @govwesmoore.bsky.social @mddems.bsky.social
act.cleanwater.org/page/182198/...
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One farmer describes becoming "increasingly concerned" as he learned the sewage sludge fertiliser he'd understood was safe to spread on fields was "laced with household chemicals & industrial wastes, often described as forever chemicals because they break down so slowly in the soil."
It's not a radical ask. That's why "most Britons believe that water companies should be responsible for ensuring sewage sludge spread on farmland is not contaminated"
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/publ...
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/publ...
Public demand water firms ensure safe sewage sludge on farmland
MOST Britons believe that water companies should be responsible for ensuring sewage sludge spread on farmland is not contaminated, according to new polling published today.Sewage sludge is sold as a l...
morningstaronline.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 6:29 PM
One farmer describes becoming "increasingly concerned" as he learned the sewage sludge fertiliser he'd understood was safe to spread on fields was "laced with household chemicals & industrial wastes, often described as forever chemicals because they break down so slowly in the soil."
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It's incredible how many oil & gas licenses in the UK overlap with Marine 'Protected' Areas - you can explore this on our Watershed Pollution Map:
share.google/bRNs7Y6kD3Kx...
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January 14, 2026 at 10:55 AM
It's incredible how many oil & gas licenses in the UK overlap with Marine 'Protected' Areas - you can explore this on our Watershed Pollution Map:
share.google/bRNs7Y6kD3Kx...
share.google/bRNs7Y6kD3Kx...
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It shouldn't have taken the govt over a year to listen to farmers' concerns. But there are still problems - and loopholes - with the APR policy. Govt should listen to and work with farmers to ensure a sustainable future for farming.
January 5, 2026 at 6:01 PM
It shouldn't have taken the govt over a year to listen to farmers' concerns. But there are still problems - and loopholes - with the APR policy. Govt should listen to and work with farmers to ensure a sustainable future for farming.
Well, I'm back. Yay? Eh. Who gives a fuck. Hurry up, New Year. I have alot to chase up.
December 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Well, I'm back. Yay? Eh. Who gives a fuck. Hurry up, New Year. I have alot to chase up.
#LateNightWrite Unfortunately, I have had no progress this year. There's only been little changes made that no one will yet see for quite a long time.
I feel awful. Just that. Awful. It's not easy to describe how I feel about it. Ideas come by, but they don't stay. All but flying visits 😒
I feel awful. Just that. Awful. It's not easy to describe how I feel about it. Ideas come by, but they don't stay. All but flying visits 😒
I wanted the last #LateNightWrite of the year to be a little more elaborate but I am once again not doing good this weekend. So we're gonna a do a "how was your writing year" free form prompt tonight and I'll be back with proper questions, at the right time, after the holidays!
December 14, 2025 at 5:11 PM
#LateNightWrite Unfortunately, I have had no progress this year. There's only been little changes made that no one will yet see for quite a long time.
I feel awful. Just that. Awful. It's not easy to describe how I feel about it. Ideas come by, but they don't stay. All but flying visits 😒
I feel awful. Just that. Awful. It's not easy to describe how I feel about it. Ideas come by, but they don't stay. All but flying visits 😒
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www.theguardian.com/business/202...
These idiots have never worked in a school, hospital, industrial site or construction site. By diluting #H&S standards, the govt becomes liable for injury compensation! And still they discount nature in the face of the #NEBriefing! Govt should be for OUR benefit!
These idiots have never worked in a school, hospital, industrial site or construction site. By diluting #H&S standards, the govt becomes liable for injury compensation! And still they discount nature in the face of the #NEBriefing! Govt should be for OUR benefit!
Health and safety rules holding UK infrastructure back, says writer of government report
Exclusive: John Fingleton says regulators need to change their attitude to risk to end the country’s economic stagnation
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:52 AM
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
These idiots have never worked in a school, hospital, industrial site or construction site. By diluting #H&S standards, the govt becomes liable for injury compensation! And still they discount nature in the face of the #NEBriefing! Govt should be for OUR benefit!
These idiots have never worked in a school, hospital, industrial site or construction site. By diluting #H&S standards, the govt becomes liable for injury compensation! And still they discount nature in the face of the #NEBriefing! Govt should be for OUR benefit!
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Labour will not listen
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Now @greenjennyjones.bsky.social questioning government on indefensible Drax subsidies
#AxeDrax
www.parliamentlive.tv/Lords
#AxeDrax
www.parliamentlive.tv/Lords
Parliamentlive.tv - Lords
www.parliamentlive.tv
December 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Labour will not listen
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This is a call growing louder as more people call out both #chemical #pollutants and the ever present #MicroPlastics. This makes clear that falling birth rates have as much to do with endocrine disrupters as with woke millennials! See next post for obvious connect
This is a call growing louder as more people call out both #chemical #pollutants and the ever present #MicroPlastics. This makes clear that falling birth rates have as much to do with endocrine disrupters as with woke millennials! See next post for obvious connect
Synthetic chemicals in food system creating health burden of $2.2tn a year, report finds
Scientists issue urgent warning about chemicals, found to cause cancer and infertility as well as harming environment
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This is a call growing louder as more people call out both #chemical #pollutants and the ever present #MicroPlastics. This makes clear that falling birth rates have as much to do with endocrine disrupters as with woke millennials! See next post for obvious connect
This is a call growing louder as more people call out both #chemical #pollutants and the ever present #MicroPlastics. This makes clear that falling birth rates have as much to do with endocrine disrupters as with woke millennials! See next post for obvious connect
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The Environmental Protection Agency has approved two new pesticides containing PFAS (“forever chemicals”)—raising serious concerns about their long-term impact on food, water and public health. 🌿🚨 www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
EPA just approved new ‘forever chemical’ pesticides for use on food
Critics warn the EPA’s approvals of new PFAS pesticides could expose more Americans to “forever chemicals” through their food.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The Environmental Protection Agency has approved two new pesticides containing PFAS (“forever chemicals”)—raising serious concerns about their long-term impact on food, water and public health. 🌿🚨 www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Reminds me of this graph by @stephencarrhampton.bsky.social
The bad news : Mass extinction due to global boiling
The good news : Carbon capture with algae works - give or take 200,000 years...
Graph and article by @stephencarrhampton.bsky.social in 2019
#GlobalBoiling
The good news : Carbon capture with algae works - give or take 200,000 years...
Graph and article by @stephencarrhampton.bsky.social in 2019
#GlobalBoiling
Modern climate change is 10x faster than historic global warming mass extinction events
There have been several mass extinction events in the history of the earth, most of them caused by global warming due to “sudden” releases of carbon into the atmosphere, and it only too…
thecottonwoodpost.net
December 6, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Reminds me of this graph by @stephencarrhampton.bsky.social
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A timeline of Earth’s average temperature since the last ice age. Spoiler alert: It’s definitely getting warmer. And it’s happening increasingly, scarily fast. xkcd.com/1732/
Earth Temperature Timeline
xkcd.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
A timeline of Earth’s average temperature since the last ice age. Spoiler alert: It’s definitely getting warmer. And it’s happening increasingly, scarily fast. xkcd.com/1732/