Fraser Stewart
@fraserjfstewart.bsky.social
Making clean energy work against poverty, inequality and injustice. Believer in big ideas. Working class bairn at heart.
Scottish/UK, climate, energy, people power, class and justice.
Scottish/UK, climate, energy, people power, class and justice.
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Our first ask is a target: 🎯 1GW of community-owned energy by 2030.
That's 10x higher than now. Ambitious? Yes, but achievable.
@rescoop.eu say "In EU countries with such goals in place, clear policy signals and investor confidence has led to significant growth of the community energy movement.”
That's 10x higher than now. Ambitious? Yes, but achievable.
@rescoop.eu say "In EU countries with such goals in place, clear policy signals and investor confidence has led to significant growth of the community energy movement.”
September 8, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Our first ask is a target: 🎯 1GW of community-owned energy by 2030.
That's 10x higher than now. Ambitious? Yes, but achievable.
@rescoop.eu say "In EU countries with such goals in place, clear policy signals and investor confidence has led to significant growth of the community energy movement.”
That's 10x higher than now. Ambitious? Yes, but achievable.
@rescoop.eu say "In EU countries with such goals in place, clear policy signals and investor confidence has led to significant growth of the community energy movement.”
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⚖️🔋 What does a just transition mean for #CommunityEnergy in the UK?
Join our live Q&A with @fraserjfstewart.bsky.social on how community energy can drive a fairer #NetZero, and why justice must be at the heart of the UK’s energy future.
👉 Find out more: buff.ly/5gXjykO
Join our live Q&A with @fraserjfstewart.bsky.social on how community energy can drive a fairer #NetZero, and why justice must be at the heart of the UK’s energy future.
👉 Find out more: buff.ly/5gXjykO
August 12, 2025 at 9:15 AM
⚖️🔋 What does a just transition mean for #CommunityEnergy in the UK?
Join our live Q&A with @fraserjfstewart.bsky.social on how community energy can drive a fairer #NetZero, and why justice must be at the heart of the UK’s energy future.
👉 Find out more: buff.ly/5gXjykO
Join our live Q&A with @fraserjfstewart.bsky.social on how community energy can drive a fairer #NetZero, and why justice must be at the heart of the UK’s energy future.
👉 Find out more: buff.ly/5gXjykO
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The world isn't silent on Gaza - this is by far the most vocal I have seen the general public on a political issue in my lifetime. I have also never seen a bigger difference between the anger of the public and the inaction of specific institutions and governments. That's the crucial disconnect.
June 11, 2025 at 7:24 AM
The world isn't silent on Gaza - this is by far the most vocal I have seen the general public on a political issue in my lifetime. I have also never seen a bigger difference between the anger of the public and the inaction of specific institutions and governments. That's the crucial disconnect.
We’ve known community energy punches well above its weight for some time. It’s not just about energy - it’s about wealth, resilience, engagement, power and prosperity. It’s also really popular. It won’t do ‘net zero’ alone, but it has to be a core pillar of any successful, just transition.
🧵 REVEALED: Community energy projects in Scotland are generating 100x more local wealth than privately-owned wind farms.
But just 0.5% of the renewable power is community-owned. Why this staggering imbalance?
But just 0.5% of the renewable power is community-owned. Why this staggering imbalance?
May 28, 2025 at 8:30 AM
We’ve known community energy punches well above its weight for some time. It’s not just about energy - it’s about wealth, resilience, engagement, power and prosperity. It’s also really popular. It won’t do ‘net zero’ alone, but it has to be a core pillar of any successful, just transition.
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🧵 REVEALED: Community energy projects in Scotland are generating 100x more local wealth than privately-owned wind farms.
But just 0.5% of the renewable power is community-owned. Why this staggering imbalance?
But just 0.5% of the renewable power is community-owned. Why this staggering imbalance?
May 28, 2025 at 8:19 AM
🧵 REVEALED: Community energy projects in Scotland are generating 100x more local wealth than privately-owned wind farms.
But just 0.5% of the renewable power is community-owned. Why this staggering imbalance?
But just 0.5% of the renewable power is community-owned. Why this staggering imbalance?
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Fact check: it's natural gas, not renewables, keeping electricity prices high in the UK.
www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-wh...
www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-wh...
Factcheck: Why expensive gas – not net-zero – is keeping UK electricity prices so high - Carbon Brief
The UK’s high electricity prices have become intensely political, with competing claims over the cause of rocketing bills and how best to get them down.
www.carbonbrief.org
May 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Fact check: it's natural gas, not renewables, keeping electricity prices high in the UK.
www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-wh...
www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-wh...
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Proud to have put my name, with so many colleagues, to this brilliantly drafted letter
Hundreds of lawyers call for UK sanctions on Israel over Gaza war
Their letter warns of genocide in Gaza, and calls on the UK to take concrete actions to meet its international legal obligations.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 27, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Proud to have put my name, with so many colleagues, to this brilliantly drafted letter
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#OtD 13 May 2021 local residents in Glasgow won the release of two people who had been detained by immigration officers by surrounding the vehicle and blockading it for several hours stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8509/glasgow-deportat...
May 13, 2025 at 10:56 AM
#OtD 13 May 2021 local residents in Glasgow won the release of two people who had been detained by immigration officers by surrounding the vehicle and blockading it for several hours stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8509/glasgow-deportat...
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Permits, we don't need no stinking permits. In a textbook case of environmental injustice, Elon Musk is poisoning the air in a poor, predominantly black neighborhood in Memphis with unpermitted gas turbines to power his "Grok" AI facility 1/. @politico.com
'How come I can’t breathe?': Musk's data company draws a backlash in Memphis
The company’s turbines — enough to power 280,000 homes — run without emission controls in an area that leads Tennessee in asthma hospitalizations.
www.politico.com
May 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Permits, we don't need no stinking permits. In a textbook case of environmental injustice, Elon Musk is poisoning the air in a poor, predominantly black neighborhood in Memphis with unpermitted gas turbines to power his "Grok" AI facility 1/. @politico.com
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Unforgivable
May 13, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Unforgivable
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So if a Global North govt chases the wish of retreating from the world, this is because they are deeply cynical, gravely misguided, or desperately afraid. It may work for an election, it may work for one short period of time, but global crises will eventually find you and the looks won’t be pretty.
May 13, 2025 at 5:52 AM
So if a Global North govt chases the wish of retreating from the world, this is because they are deeply cynical, gravely misguided, or desperately afraid. It may work for an election, it may work for one short period of time, but global crises will eventually find you and the looks won’t be pretty.
The biggest threat to ‘net zero’ in the UK isn’t the far right: it’s Labour aping their talking points and failing to tackle the austerity and inequality that drives their support. We have to marry these together. Some thoughts from me fraserjfstewart-17.medium.com/picking-up-b...
Picking up bricks
The first time the police arrived at my door because of something I’d done, I was 11 years old. A friend and I had gotten bored one grey…
fraserjfstewart-17.medium.com
May 13, 2025 at 6:08 AM
The biggest threat to ‘net zero’ in the UK isn’t the far right: it’s Labour aping their talking points and failing to tackle the austerity and inequality that drives their support. We have to marry these together. Some thoughts from me fraserjfstewart-17.medium.com/picking-up-b...
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Normalise telling people their 'concerns' are not, in fact, 'legitimate'.
May 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Normalise telling people their 'concerns' are not, in fact, 'legitimate'.
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Reform UK's attempted assault on clean energy infrastructure will have costs for Lincolnshire = not a rich county
Too often accusation is all about net-zero zealotry being expensive. Capital investment for sure. But anti-net-zero zealotry definitely has costs
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Too often accusation is all about net-zero zealotry being expensive. Capital investment for sure. But anti-net-zero zealotry definitely has costs
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform’s green energy assault in Lincolnshire ‘puts 12,200 jobs at risk’
Party intends to block projects despite net zero industries contributing nearly £1bn to local economy, analysis shows
www.theguardian.com
May 8, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Reform UK's attempted assault on clean energy infrastructure will have costs for Lincolnshire = not a rich county
Too often accusation is all about net-zero zealotry being expensive. Capital investment for sure. But anti-net-zero zealotry definitely has costs
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Too often accusation is all about net-zero zealotry being expensive. Capital investment for sure. But anti-net-zero zealotry definitely has costs
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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The effect of Israel’s total siege on Gaza has become catastrophic, doctors say. Shortages of food, water and medicine are prompting a surge of preventable illnesses, and deaths. nyti.ms/3GzOJV1
May 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The effect of Israel’s total siege on Gaza has become catastrophic, doctors say. Shortages of food, water and medicine are prompting a surge of preventable illnesses, and deaths. nyti.ms/3GzOJV1
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"...for protests to succeed, they must be backed by movements with the ability to promise to withhold—labor, debt payments, rent payments, or consumer support—and to follow through if demands aren’t met."
Glad to have gotten the opportunity to push this line in Time
time.com/collections/...
Glad to have gotten the opportunity to push this line in Time
time.com/collections/...
Why Protests Should Be Promises
Modern movements that aim to advance racial equity should withhold and promise, rather than perform, writes Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò
time.com
May 1, 2025 at 12:05 PM
"...for protests to succeed, they must be backed by movements with the ability to promise to withhold—labor, debt payments, rent payments, or consumer support—and to follow through if demands aren’t met."
Glad to have gotten the opportunity to push this line in Time
time.com/collections/...
Glad to have gotten the opportunity to push this line in Time
time.com/collections/...
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I was on Reporting Scotland last night discussing what the closure of Grangemouth oil refinery, large local job losses and threats to our energy security. This unjust transition could have been avoided if governments had acted. Workers advocated viable greener alternatives. First report ⬇️
Reporting Scotland - News at Seven: 30/04/2025
More from the day’s top stories and communities across Scotland.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 1, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I was on Reporting Scotland last night discussing what the closure of Grangemouth oil refinery, large local job losses and threats to our energy security. This unjust transition could have been avoided if governments had acted. Workers advocated viable greener alternatives. First report ⬇️
Was asked whether the public have lost faith in net zero for radio this morning. I think it's the wrong question. The public still overwhelmingly support climate action. The question is do they trust government to deliver and make good on promises of fairness and prosperity.
May 1, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Was asked whether the public have lost faith in net zero for radio this morning. I think it's the wrong question. The public still overwhelmingly support climate action. The question is do they trust government to deliver and make good on promises of fairness and prosperity.
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Why does Nigel Farage want me to lose my job?
April 30, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Why does Nigel Farage want me to lose my job?
“Net zero is doomed to fail!!!!” I cackle from my infinity pool of oil and gas money
Anyone wondering why arch neoliberal Blair is speaking against the scientific imperative to stop burning fossil fuels this decade? euroweeklynews.com/2016/04/29/t...
Tony Blair unmasked as chief lobbyist for Saudi oil firm
FLYING somewhat under the radar since his absurdist stint as Middle East peace envoy, Tony Blair has resurfaced as a key broker in a booming nexus of Chinese and Saudi oil companies.
euroweeklynews.com
April 30, 2025 at 6:50 AM
“Net zero is doomed to fail!!!!” I cackle from my infinity pool of oil and gas money
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Bath & West Community Energy (a financially sustainable community enterprise operating on the basis of a not-for-profit community energy model, and aiming to reduce carbon emissions)
leaves X (2.831 followers).
BlueSky: @bwce.bsky.social
#BlueSkyWins
leaves X (2.831 followers).
BlueSky: @bwce.bsky.social
#BlueSkyWins
April 29, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Bath & West Community Energy (a financially sustainable community enterprise operating on the basis of a not-for-profit community energy model, and aiming to reduce carbon emissions)
leaves X (2.831 followers).
BlueSky: @bwce.bsky.social
#BlueSkyWins
leaves X (2.831 followers).
BlueSky: @bwce.bsky.social
#BlueSkyWins
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1/12
Tony Blair Institute have released a report which is getting a lot of coverage in UK today
It says the drive for net zero emissions is flawed and some media outlets have gone to town
However it’s a bit odd
By odd, I mean there’s a lot of bollocks in it and shouldn't be taken seriously 🧵🧵
Tony Blair Institute have released a report which is getting a lot of coverage in UK today
It says the drive for net zero emissions is flawed and some media outlets have gone to town
However it’s a bit odd
By odd, I mean there’s a lot of bollocks in it and shouldn't be taken seriously 🧵🧵
April 30, 2025 at 6:33 AM
1/12
Tony Blair Institute have released a report which is getting a lot of coverage in UK today
It says the drive for net zero emissions is flawed and some media outlets have gone to town
However it’s a bit odd
By odd, I mean there’s a lot of bollocks in it and shouldn't be taken seriously 🧵🧵
Tony Blair Institute have released a report which is getting a lot of coverage in UK today
It says the drive for net zero emissions is flawed and some media outlets have gone to town
However it’s a bit odd
By odd, I mean there’s a lot of bollocks in it and shouldn't be taken seriously 🧵🧵
Add gas networks to this list in anticipation of winding it down while we're at it, tbh
🚨 NEW: The gas sector is holding the country to ransom during peak demand.
Here’s why taking the sector into public ownership can put a stop to sky high bills.
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www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Here’s why taking the sector into public ownership can put a stop to sky high bills.
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www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Nationalise gas power plants to boost energy security, thinktank urges UK ministers
Common Wealth says private gas-fired stations can charge exorbitant fees when renewable energy is in short supply
www.theguardian.com
April 29, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Add gas networks to this list in anticipation of winding it down while we're at it, tbh
British Steel is the latest in a growing line of examples of our failure to plan for a just transition for workers and communities. How many more do we need before we accept that current bosses of high-polluting industries will not deliver this of their own accord?
April 14, 2025 at 11:14 AM
British Steel is the latest in a growing line of examples of our failure to plan for a just transition for workers and communities. How many more do we need before we accept that current bosses of high-polluting industries will not deliver this of their own accord?
The only logical answer to all of this is to build solar on golf courses and turn club houses into community energy hubs. A just transition in action
There's been plenty of hyperventilating in some UK media outlets about solar farm taking over 'productive farm land' and endangering food security
But in fact the ambitious 2030 targets will cover only 0.4% of land, compared with golf courses covering 0.5%
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
But in fact the ambitious 2030 targets will cover only 0.4% of land, compared with golf courses covering 0.5%
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
Solar panel push still won’t cover as much land as golf courses
A study shows that Ed Miliband’s 2030 green energy targets are set to require up to 0.4 per cent of the UK, compared with 0.06 per cent today
www.thetimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The only logical answer to all of this is to build solar on golf courses and turn club houses into community energy hubs. A just transition in action