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  • March 9 2026
  • Blog posts

This April utility board election is getting national attention.

In this edition, we spotlight three upcoming elections that could have a significant impact on climate policy-making.
EVERY TUESDAY 12-1:30PM ET 9-10:30AM PT Get Out The Environmental Vote Virtual Phone Bank ZOOM
  • January 14 2026
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Join Elders Promote the Vote for Weekly Environmental Voter Phone Banks!

Join Elders Climate Action, Elders for Sound Democracy, and the Environmental Voter Project for all-ages phone banks to turn low propensity environmental voters out to vote!

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  • December 10 2025
  • Blog posts

Gray is the New Green: The Growing Strength of Older Climate Voters (2025)

The Environmental Voter Project (EVP) released a report highlighting key findings from 2025 predictive models identifying environment-first voters aged 65 and older across 20 states.
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  • November 3 2025
  • Press

NBC News Los Angeles: Will voters prioritize climate change in the 2026 election?

KNBC Los Angeles’s Chase Cain speaks with Nathaniel Stinnett about the effects of climate change and how this impacts what voters decide in the 2026 midterm elections.

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  • October 7 2025
  • Blog posts

Three November elections every climate activist should be watching

In this edition, we spotlight three November 2025 elections that could have a significant impact on climate policy-making. Of course, this fall’s prominent gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia are also crucially important to the climate movement, but the following elections aren’t getting as much attention.
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  • September 22 2025
  • Blog posts

2022-2025 Overview of Volunteer Postcard Experiments

Key findings from multiple randomized controlled trials conducted by the Environmental Voter Project from 2022 – 2025 testing which types of volunteer-written postcards tend to increase turnout among low propensity voters.
GET OUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL VOTE. VIRTUAL PHONE BANKS. OCT 31-NOV 4
  • September 12 2025
  • Blog posts

Sign up for 2025 GOTV Shifts Today!

Join first-time and long-time Environmental Voter Project volunteers to call low propensity environmental voters ahead of Nov. 4 elections!

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  • September 11 2025
  • Press

The Practivist Pod: Building Power with Nathaniel Stinnett

Nathaniel Stinnett, the founder and executive director of the Environmental Voter Project, joins the Practivist Pod to talk about how we can mobilize lower propensity voters around environmental issues

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  • September 10 2025
  • Press

The Climate Pod: A Massive Climate Political Problem

This week, Nathaniel Stinnett, founder and executive director of the Environmental Voter Project, is back on the show to explore one of the most frustrating obstacles to climate action: the lack of political engagement from many climate-concerned voters.

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  • July 31 2025
  • Blog posts

Poll: Americans Care Deeply About Climate Change but Don’t View It in a Political Context

A national survey released by the Environmental Voter Project reveals that Americans think about climate change more often than issues like abortion, immigration, or gun violence but are far less likely to view it as a political problem. Instead, most Americans view climate change as a matter of personal behavior rather than political action.
GET OUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL VOTE. November 1-5, 2024.
  • September 25 2024
  • Blog posts

Sign up for November 2024 GOTV Shifts Today!

Join first-time and long-time Environmental Voter Project volunteers to call low propensity environmental voters in ahead of the Nov. 4 election!

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  • September 13 2024
  • Blog posts

Join Climate Changemakers for environmental voter phone bank Hours of Action!

Join our partners at Climate Changemakers to make calls to low propensity environmental voters during their Hours of Action! Check out the schedule and sign up for these efficient and impactful opportunities to mobilize climate voters.
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  • April 5 2024
  • Blog posts

Join EVP for Earth Week 2024

Join EVP for Earth Week to to mobilize low propensity voters in Kansas, Pennsylvania, Nebraska, New York, Texas, and Alaska and to learn about our most recent messaging experiment results!

Get out the environmental vote virtual phone bank. Every Friday. Zoom. 11am-12:15pm ET. Environmental Voter Project, Elders Climate Action, Elders for Sound Democracy
  • March 27 2024
  • Blog posts

Join Elders Promote the Vote for Weekly Environmental Voter Phone Banks!

Join Elders Climate Action, Elders for Sound Democracy, and the Environmental Voter Project for all-ages phone banks to turn low propensity environmental voters out to vote!

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  • January 25 2024
  • Blog posts

Study: Climate Voters Won the Election for Biden in 2020

In this edition, we spotlight a study on the impact of climate voters in 2020, the US Senate race in Utah, and how an Alabama utility is almost completely controlling local media coverage.
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  • December 5 2023
  • Blog posts

Gray is the New Green: The Growing Strength of Older Climate Voters

The Environmental Voter Project (EVP) released a report highlighting key findings from predictive models identifying environment-first voters aged 65 and older across 18 states.
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  • November 21 2023
  • Blog posts

Is The Next Big Climate Election in Houston?

In this edition, we spotlight the Dec. 9 mayoral runoff election in Houston, a below-the-radar election result in Kansas that could have big climate implications, and some great clean energy news out of Michigan.
GET OUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL VOTE. November 3-7, 2023.
  • September 26 2023
  • Blog posts

Sign up for November 2023 GOTV Shifts Today!

Join first-time and long-time Environmental Voter Project volunteers to call low propensity environmental voters in ahead of the Nov. 8 election!

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  • September 20 2023
  • Blog posts

Americans Support Climate Justice. They Just Don’t Know What It Is

In this edition, we spotlight a Texas preemption law that will impede local climate action, some recent polling on climate justice, and new data on the staggering number of Houston residents who are concerned about climate change. We’re not always a Texas-heavy newsletter, but we are this month!
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  • August 18 2023
  • Blog posts

Georgia’s Neverending Utility Commission Race Keeps Going and Going and Going

In this edition, we spotlight a neverending election for Georgia’s Public Service Commission, recent polling on the interplay between eco-anxiety and climate action, and a rightwing plan for the next President to dismantle US climate policy.
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  • October 23 2024
  • Press

CBS News: Could new, environmental voters decide the 2024 election?

Nathaniel Stinnett, the founder and executive director of the Environmental Voter Project, joins CBS News with more details on efforts to mobilize voters around climate issues.

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  • October 8 2024
  • Press

WHYY: Volunteers knock on doors to create climate ‘super-voters’ in Philadelphia

The Environmental Voter Project targets people who are passionate about climate and the environment, but rarely or never vote.

Jason Sudeikis and Ayana Elizabeth Johnson dance off at our LA Climate Variety Show. Lead Locally programmed Dance Dance Revolution boards so that every step sent a text to a voter to remind them to #VoteClimate – when we’re texting climate voters, everyone wins! (Photo: Elisa Ferrari)
  • October 6 2024
  • Press

What If We Get It Right?: Episode 2 - Vote Climate ✅

8 million environmental voters did not vote in the 2020 election 🤯

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  • October 2 2024
  • Press

New Faces of Democracy: Nathaniel Stinnett of the Environmental Voter Project

EVP Founder and Executive Director joined the New Faces of Democracy Podcast to discuss the Environmental Voter Project's goal to build political power for climate issues not by changing minds but by changing behavior.

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  • September 25 2024
  • Press

Capital & Main: Georgia’s Young Climate Voters Could Help Push Harris Past Trump

In the face of extreme heat and rising sea levels, the state is welcoming billions of dollars in clean-energy projects.

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  • September 15 2024
  • Press

CBS Miami: The politics of climate change

EVP Founder and Executive Director Nathaniel Stinnett speaks with CBS News Miami's Jim DeFede about the Politics of Climate Change.

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  • September 4 2024
  • Press

Volts: How to activate climate voters

The Environmental Voter Project has a unique approach: rather than convincing people to care about climate change, it identifies people who already do, but don't consistently vote, and works to get them to the polls. In this episode, EVP founder Nathaniel Stinnett discusses how to find these voters, keep them engaged, and measure their impact.

Supporters cheer for Democratic presidential candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris at Georgia State Convocation Center on July 30 in Atlanta. Credit: Julia Beverly/Getty Images
  • August 25 2024
  • Press

Inside Climate News: Kamala Harris’ Favorability Is Sky High Among Young Voters in Battleground States

New polling by the Environmental Voter Project also shows that there are 245,000 so-called low propensity environment voters in Pennsylvania who could decide the election in the crucial swing state if they turn out.

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  • August 15 2024
  • Press

NBC News: New poll shows climate change as a top issue for young voters

Climate change has become a "deal breaker" issue for young voters, according to a new poll by a Democratic polling firm. 40% of voters under 35 said they will only for for a candidate that prioritizes climate action.

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  • July 31 2024
  • Press

TED Talk: Why isn't the climate movement voting?

Watch EVP Founder and Executive Director Nathaniel Stinnett's TED Talk about why increasing voter participation is essential to advancing the climate movement.

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