zach lou
@zlousky.bsky.social
climate, housing, EJ, labor. coalition director @ greennewdealca.org
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We just built a NEW tech tool that *any current or former tenant* in the entire country can use for free — it will generate a legal letter for you that reports to collections agencies, credit bureaus and regulatory agencies.
Go to reportmylandlord.org to fight back.
Go to reportmylandlord.org to fight back.
October 1, 2025 at 9:46 PM
We just built a NEW tech tool that *any current or former tenant* in the entire country can use for free — it will generate a legal letter for you that reports to collections agencies, credit bureaus and regulatory agencies.
Go to reportmylandlord.org to fight back.
Go to reportmylandlord.org to fight back.
The fact that utilities are ecstatic about the new load growth tells you everything you need to know
NEW INVESTIGATION
California predicts data centers will consume as much power as adding another LA to grid by 2030
A utility anticipates additional emissions equal to 21 gas plants
Some environmentalists see reducing gas power as “a lot less likely” due to AI capitalandmain.com/the-insatiab...
California predicts data centers will consume as much power as adding another LA to grid by 2030
A utility anticipates additional emissions equal to 21 gas plants
Some environmentalists see reducing gas power as “a lot less likely” due to AI capitalandmain.com/the-insatiab...
The Insatiable Energy Demands of Data Centers Could Increase Fossil Fuel Emissions in California
By 2030, the centers could consume the equivalent of adding another city the size of L.A. to the state’s power grid.
capitalandmain.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The fact that utilities are ecstatic about the new load growth tells you everything you need to know
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NEW INVESTIGATION
California predicts data centers will consume as much power as adding another LA to grid by 2030
A utility anticipates additional emissions equal to 21 gas plants
Some environmentalists see reducing gas power as “a lot less likely” due to AI capitalandmain.com/the-insatiab...
California predicts data centers will consume as much power as adding another LA to grid by 2030
A utility anticipates additional emissions equal to 21 gas plants
Some environmentalists see reducing gas power as “a lot less likely” due to AI capitalandmain.com/the-insatiab...
The Insatiable Energy Demands of Data Centers Could Increase Fossil Fuel Emissions in California
By 2030, the centers could consume the equivalent of adding another city the size of L.A. to the state’s power grid.
capitalandmain.com
October 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
NEW INVESTIGATION
California predicts data centers will consume as much power as adding another LA to grid by 2030
A utility anticipates additional emissions equal to 21 gas plants
Some environmentalists see reducing gas power as “a lot less likely” due to AI capitalandmain.com/the-insatiab...
California predicts data centers will consume as much power as adding another LA to grid by 2030
A utility anticipates additional emissions equal to 21 gas plants
Some environmentalists see reducing gas power as “a lot less likely” due to AI capitalandmain.com/the-insatiab...
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Tomorrow activists are launching a novel rent debt strike against one of the largest corporate landlords in the country.
I report on their strategy and national goals
I report on their strategy and national goals
A small group of former Equity Residential tenants is launching a first-of-its-kind back rent debt strike that will go public in early October. The campaign's broader strategy is to challenge what organizers see as systematic abuse of renters.
Tenants say it’s time for landlords to cancel back rent debt
Tenants are going on strike against their landlords.
www.vox.com
September 30, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Tomorrow activists are launching a novel rent debt strike against one of the largest corporate landlords in the country.
I report on their strategy and national goals
I report on their strategy and national goals
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In a world riven by inequality and devastated by climate + ecological crisis, what would it take for "green industrial policy" to empower the working class in Global North + South, and be truly green?
New @cplusc.bsky.social report by me and Isabel Estevez (1/3) t.co/78sQQe4d1g
New @cplusc.bsky.social report by me and Isabel Estevez (1/3) t.co/78sQQe4d1g
September 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
In a world riven by inequality and devastated by climate + ecological crisis, what would it take for "green industrial policy" to empower the working class in Global North + South, and be truly green?
New @cplusc.bsky.social report by me and Isabel Estevez (1/3) t.co/78sQQe4d1g
New @cplusc.bsky.social report by me and Isabel Estevez (1/3) t.co/78sQQe4d1g
This is a wild story. Bass tries to insert last-minute state bill to significantly weaken the *LA voter-approved* Measure ULA, then withdraws it less than 48 hrs later.
Real estate & co (Howard Jarvis, CBRT) are pissed about ULA and doing whatever they can to stop it
Real estate & co (Howard Jarvis, CBRT) are pissed about ULA and doing whatever they can to stop it
In abrupt turnabout, Mayor Bass withdraws her bill to overhaul L.A.'s 'mansion tax'
Bass had pushed for the bill to rewrite Measure ULA in the final days of the legislative session, only to reverse course, saying she needed more time.
www.latimes.com
September 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This is a wild story. Bass tries to insert last-minute state bill to significantly weaken the *LA voter-approved* Measure ULA, then withdraws it less than 48 hrs later.
Real estate & co (Howard Jarvis, CBRT) are pissed about ULA and doing whatever they can to stop it
Real estate & co (Howard Jarvis, CBRT) are pissed about ULA and doing whatever they can to stop it
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TODAY!!! Come hear @alybatt.bsky.social talk about her brilliant new book!
I'm so excited to talk to @alybatt.bsky.social about her *brilliant* new book, Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature.
Next Tuesday in SF, at Book Passage! Come through 📚💚
www.bookpassage.com/event/alyssa...
Next Tuesday in SF, at Book Passage! Come through 📚💚
www.bookpassage.com/event/alyssa...
August 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
TODAY!!! Come hear @alybatt.bsky.social talk about her brilliant new book!
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Labor's answer to automation: less hours, more pay.
Undated UAW poster from the 1950s.
📸 @reutherlibrary.bsky.social
Undated UAW poster from the 1950s.
📸 @reutherlibrary.bsky.social
August 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Labor's answer to automation: less hours, more pay.
Undated UAW poster from the 1950s.
📸 @reutherlibrary.bsky.social
Undated UAW poster from the 1950s.
📸 @reutherlibrary.bsky.social
It's not just that data centers are driving up bills -- we are underestimating the impact of Big Tech's growing ownership of power plants and share of the wholesale electricity market
Big Tech’s A.I. Data Centers Are Driving Up Electricity Bills for Everyone
www.nytimes.com
August 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
It's not just that data centers are driving up bills -- we are underestimating the impact of Big Tech's growing ownership of power plants and share of the wholesale electricity market
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The climate crisis is a catastrophe we cannot afford to ignore, means-test, or isolate as an “add-on” to other problems. Workers and tenants across the country understand that, and are advancing green economic populism at home and at work.
So fun to get to dig into it w/ @batul.bsky.social.
So fun to get to dig into it w/ @batul.bsky.social.
As Dixon Romeo, executive director of Southside Together, told us, “The tenant organizing feeds into broader campaigns so tenants not only have a union in their building but are also fighting for better neighborhoods.”
The Growing Fight for Green Economic Populism
In Chicago and across the country, unions and progressive leaders are implementing policies to address the climate crisis while improving working people’s lives.
inthesetimes.com
August 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The climate crisis is a catastrophe we cannot afford to ignore, means-test, or isolate as an “add-on” to other problems. Workers and tenants across the country understand that, and are advancing green economic populism at home and at work.
So fun to get to dig into it w/ @batul.bsky.social.
So fun to get to dig into it w/ @batul.bsky.social.
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AI is the new microwave.
August 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
AI is the new microwave.
In CA's CEQA wars budget deal there was a last minute addition of an exemption for 'advanced manufacturing.'
A few weeks later, California Forever announces they are going to build "largest site for advanced manufacturing in North America."
Hmmm... 🤔 seems like something for @gilduran.com
A few weeks later, California Forever announces they are going to build "largest site for advanced manufacturing in North America."
Hmmm... 🤔 seems like something for @gilduran.com
July 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
In CA's CEQA wars budget deal there was a last minute addition of an exemption for 'advanced manufacturing.'
A few weeks later, California Forever announces they are going to build "largest site for advanced manufacturing in North America."
Hmmm... 🤔 seems like something for @gilduran.com
A few weeks later, California Forever announces they are going to build "largest site for advanced manufacturing in North America."
Hmmm... 🤔 seems like something for @gilduran.com
Wrote about the connection between mass deportations and evictions in this week's newsletter.
ICE raids and deportations are causing families to fall behind on rent. And landlords are using the threat to force out tenants.
ICE raids and deportations are causing families to fall behind on rent. And landlords are using the threat to force out tenants.
🏡💚 Deportation, eviction, and the politics of removal
mailchi.mp
July 18, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Wrote about the connection between mass deportations and evictions in this week's newsletter.
ICE raids and deportations are causing families to fall behind on rent. And landlords are using the threat to force out tenants.
ICE raids and deportations are causing families to fall behind on rent. And landlords are using the threat to force out tenants.
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“This climate populism message is one that we really need to lean into,” the Arizona Democrat said at the Bloomberg Green Seattle conference on Tuesday.
Story @bloomberg.com with gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Story @bloomberg.com with gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Democrats’ Path to Power Is ‘Climate Populism’, US Representative Says
Arizona Democrat Yassamin Ansari told attendees of Bloomberg Green Seattle that focusing on the rising costs of energy will resonate with voters.
www.bloomberg.com
July 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
“This climate populism message is one that we really need to lean into,” the Arizona Democrat said at the Bloomberg Green Seattle conference on Tuesday.
Story @bloomberg.com with gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Story @bloomberg.com with gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Evictions and deportations are both about forcibly removing people from their home. Landlord in Oakland (Darrick Chavis) threatens both.
July 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Evictions and deportations are both about forcibly removing people from their home. Landlord in Oakland (Darrick Chavis) threatens both.
"Renters want air conditioning, need it to stay safe, and believe it should be treated as a right—not a luxury."
Extreme heat kills. Timely new report from SAJE on a renter's right to cooling in the face of climate-driven heat events
www.saje.net/renters-righ...
Extreme heat kills. Timely new report from SAJE on a renter's right to cooling in the face of climate-driven heat events
www.saje.net/renters-righ...
New SAJE Report Advocates for a Renter’s Right to Cooling July 8, 2025 Over the next decade, climate scientists predict Los Angeles will experience three times more days of temperatures over 95°F. Thi...
New SAJE Report Advocates for a Renter’s Right to Cooling July 8, 2025 Over the next decade, climate scientists predict Los Angeles will experience three times more days of temperatures over 95°F. Thi...
www.saje.net
July 10, 2025 at 11:12 PM
"Renters want air conditioning, need it to stay safe, and believe it should be treated as a right—not a luxury."
Extreme heat kills. Timely new report from SAJE on a renter's right to cooling in the face of climate-driven heat events
www.saje.net/renters-righ...
Extreme heat kills. Timely new report from SAJE on a renter's right to cooling in the face of climate-driven heat events
www.saje.net/renters-righ...
A green social housing agenda could drive innovative manufacturing for all of the green home technologies we'll need for healthy + decarbonized homes.
Not just a dream - real examples from NYCHA & Vienna. Great piece by @aldasky.bsky.social, @ruthygourevitch.bsky.social, and @cplusc.bsky.social
Not just a dream - real examples from NYCHA & Vienna. Great piece by @aldasky.bsky.social, @ruthygourevitch.bsky.social, and @cplusc.bsky.social
I'm thrilled to share my latest essay, We Need a Green Industrial Policy for Housing. We need abundant green housing security. This is how we get it.
Written w the brilliant Julia Wagner & @ruthygourevitch.bsky.social. Short 🧵
climatecommunityinstitute.substack.com/p/we-need-a-...
Written w the brilliant Julia Wagner & @ruthygourevitch.bsky.social. Short 🧵
climatecommunityinstitute.substack.com/p/we-need-a-...
We Need a Green Industrial Policy for Housing
By Daniel Aldana Cohen, Julia Wagner, and Ruthy Gourevitch
climatecommunityinstitute.substack.com
July 9, 2025 at 10:24 PM
A green social housing agenda could drive innovative manufacturing for all of the green home technologies we'll need for healthy + decarbonized homes.
Not just a dream - real examples from NYCHA & Vienna. Great piece by @aldasky.bsky.social, @ruthygourevitch.bsky.social, and @cplusc.bsky.social
Not just a dream - real examples from NYCHA & Vienna. Great piece by @aldasky.bsky.social, @ruthygourevitch.bsky.social, and @cplusc.bsky.social
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Hello bluesky 👋
If anyone’s out there, give me your best follows for assorted interests in organizing strategy, the climate left, social housing, and technofascism. And/or maybe some uppers like tree facts, the mysteries of space, animals being nice etc etc
If anyone’s out there, give me your best follows for assorted interests in organizing strategy, the climate left, social housing, and technofascism. And/or maybe some uppers like tree facts, the mysteries of space, animals being nice etc etc
July 8, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Hello bluesky 👋
If anyone’s out there, give me your best follows for assorted interests in organizing strategy, the climate left, social housing, and technofascism. And/or maybe some uppers like tree facts, the mysteries of space, animals being nice etc etc
If anyone’s out there, give me your best follows for assorted interests in organizing strategy, the climate left, social housing, and technofascism. And/or maybe some uppers like tree facts, the mysteries of space, animals being nice etc etc