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What Matters Most
Nathaniel Stinnett on the 'What Matters Most' Podcast
Sunday, December 10, 2017
What a joy to connect with Nathaniel Stinnett, someone who is making a real difference in the world through a beautiful idea: activate environmental voters to promote a more sustainable and healthy future for all of us.
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Huffington Post
Early Signs That 2018 Will Be The Year Of The Climate Voter
Thursday, November 16, 2017
It's hard to believe, but the 2018 election cycle is already here.
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Huffington Post
This Man Is Building An 'Army Of Environmental Super Voters' To Rival The NRA In Turnout
Saturday, October 7, 2017
Nathaniel Stinnett served as a political adviser and consultant to campaigns and nonprofits for more than a decade before founding the Environmental Voter Project.
Nathaniel Stinnett's two-year-old Environmental Voter Project is expanding this month into four new states: Colorado, Florida, Nevada, and Pennsylvania.
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EcoWatch
Why Environmentalists Can't Afford To Wait Until 2018
Sunday, September 10, 2017
Many despondent environmentalists are turning their focus to the 2018 midterms as their only chance to get a seat at the policy-making table. That is a big mistake. By focusing on 2018, we're ignoring elections that will have an enormous impact on climate change and the environment -- the 2017 mayoral elections.
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WBUR
Environmentalists Tend To Have Bad Voting Records - And Lie About It
Wednesday, August 23, 2017
The word "environmentalist" usually conjures up an image of passionate activists ready to hold their leaders and community accountable for responsible environmental practices.
It turns out that's not totally accurate. Voters who say the environment is one of their top two most important issues tend to have pretty abysmal voting records.
Nathaniel Stinnett founded the Environmental Voter Project in Boston, which looks at voters' habits and patterns. He joined WBUR to discuss his findings.
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Outside Magazine
We Need an NRA for Nature
Thursday, March 9, 2017
Approximately 20.1 million self-identified environmentalists are registered to vote, but only 4.2 million of them voted in the 2014 midterm elections. Photo: Beth Wald/Aurora Photos
It's time to build an NRA for nature, an environmental conservation force comparable to the nation's powerful gun lobby, the National Rifle Association. A force capable of striking fear into the heart of, say, any climate-change-denying politician - Republican, Democrat, or Independent.
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Washington Monthly
Marching is Good. Voting is Better.
Sunday, March 5, 2017
"Resistance" will be futile if those horrified by Trump's agenda don't commit themselves to becoming consistent voters in the future. Even if Trump loses in 2020, another right-wing reactionary will come down the pike sooner rather than later, and only sustained progressive turnout will prevent the next Trump from seizing power.
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WBUR Public Radio
Why Don't Environmentalists Vote?
Tuesday, December 27, 2016
The last few weeks have rocked the environmental movement. In the wake of the November elections, environmentalists are deeply concerned about the future of the Paris climate accord, the rollback of federal environmental protections, and even the fate of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency itself.
But one of the environmental movement's biggest problems is the same now as it was on November 7: Environmentalists aren't voting.
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Boston College News
Research for Change
Monday, December 12, 2016
Environmental Voter Project Founder and CEO, Nathaniel Stinnett
One of the U.S. environmental movement's biggest problems is that environmentalists don't vote, Environmental Voter Project founder and CEO Nathaniel Stinnett J.D. '05 said in his keynote remarks at Boston College's third Advancing Research and Scholarship Day.
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Eyes On Conservation
Post-Election Breakdown with Nathaniel Stinnett from the Environmental Voter Project
Wednesday, December 7, 2016
On today's show we have a follow-up conversation with one of our most well-received guests on the show - Nathaniel Stinnett from the Environmental Voter Project.