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The Guardian
More U.S. Voters Than Ever Care About Climate - But Will They Go To The Polls?
Thursday, December 26, 2019
New poll shows climate and environment the top priority for 14% of voters, raising prospect of large turnout for green issues.
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Buzzfeed News
Opinion: Forget About The Climate Deniers. It’s The Climate Liars We Need To Stop.
Sunday, September 15, 2019
A home on stilts sits amid coastal waters and marshlands along Louisiana Highway 1 on Aug. 24, 2019, in Grand Isle, Louisiana. Drew Angerer / Getty Images
The international scientific community is shouting from the rooftops that we have just 11 years to act to avert climate catastrophe.
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Huffpost
The Group Raising An NRA-Style ‘Army Of Environmental Super Voters’ Is Expanding
Sunday, September 1, 2019
A protester at a climate change demonstration in Los Angeles in May. SOPA IMAGES VIA GETTY IMAGES
A year before the 2018 elections, Nathaniel Stinnett vowed to raise an “army of environmental super voters” to rival the National Rifle Association.
His nonpartisan Environmental Voter Project ultimately persuaded 58,961 eco-conscious voters in six states ― Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, Nevada and Pennsylvania ― to cast ballots for the first time last year.
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Greentech Media
The Environmental Voter Problem
Thursday, August 1, 2019
Live recording of the Political Climate podcast at the Sun Valley Forum in Ketchum, ID
This week's episode of Political Climate looks at how many Americans care about climate issues, and how many of those people actually vote -- or don't.
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My Climate Journey
Interview with Nathaniel Stinnett, Founder & Executive Director of the Environmental Voter Project
Monday, June 17, 2019
Jason Jacobs and Nathaniel Stinnett
Jason Jacobs (host of the My Climate Journey podcast) interviews Nathaniel Stinnett about The Environmental Voter Project.
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The Revelator
Can The Environmental Movement Carry A 'Green Wave' Into 2020?
Monday, May 13, 2019
Elected officials won't care about environmental issues unless environmental voters turn out to the polls.
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Living On Earth (Public Radio International)
No-Show Green Voters
Friday, May 3, 2019
Founder of the Environmental Voter Project, Nathaniel Stinnett, joins Host Steve Curwood to discuss what it might mean for environmental policies if the 20 million "super-environmentalist" registered voters actually show up at the polls in greater numbers and what his organization is doing to get out that green vote.
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Ozy
New Taboo: Are You Ashamed of Your Voting Record?
Monday, February 25, 2019
By appealing to a voter’s idealized version of themselves — as a good citizen who makes the time to vote — campaigners can nudge people to the booth on Election Day.
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WBUR - Cognoscenti
America's Last Best Chance To Act On Climate
Wednesday, January 2, 2019
In the fight against climate change, 2020 may be the most important year any of us will live through.
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NBC News
'A Green Wave': Signs Point to Voters Demanding Action on Climate Change
Friday, December 28, 2018
Going into the midterm elections, few candidates made the warming planet a keystone of their campaigns despite devastating fires and storms that scientists say have been worsened by carbon pollution. Climate change has typically been low on voters’ lists of priorities.
But as a new Congress comes into power in January, that indifference could be changing. Surveys conducted for the midterms found that between 7 and 9 percent of the electorate named climate change or the environment as the top issue facing the country. Typically, the number lags around 2 percent, environmentalists say.