Is The Next Big Climate Election in Houston?
NBC: Independent voters reach record numbers, prioritize climate change heading into 2024
Climate change tops abortion and immigration as a top issue for voters, according to one recent national poll. The nonpartisan Environmental Voter Project hopes to mobilize millions of those climate-first voters in 2024, potentially deciding races in key swing states.
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Americans Support Climate Justice. They Just Don’t Know What It Is
NPR: Young people think climate change is a top issue but when they vote, it's complicated
Climate change is a major issue for young voters, but so far, it has not been a major mobilizing force in U.S. elections. Some environmental action groups see that changing.
Georgia’s Neverending Utility Commission Race Keeps Going and Going and Going
Paying Your Utility Bill Shouldn't Be A Political Contribution
Boston Globe: The Environmental Voter Project's eye-catching innovations
The Boston-based nonprofit is doing important work in neglected electioneering areas. By Scot Lehigh, Columnist
Why the Environmental Voter Project and its 6,000 volunteers are laser focused on getting more environmentalists to the polls.
Overlooked in Climate Politics: Will It Get Easier to Vote in New York?
Trump Climate Decision Could Wake "Sleeping Lion" That Is Environmental Voters
Statement from Environmental Voter Project Founder Nathaniel Stinnett on President Trump's Reported Decision To Pull The United States Out of the Paris Climate Accord.
Environmental Voter Project Gets Stunning First Year Results
The Boston-based nonprofit that uses data analytics and behavioral science to identify non-voting environmentalists and turn them into consistent voters has just released the results from its first year of mobilizations.
Environmental Voter Project - 2016 Impact Report
You wanted results. We gave you results. The Environmental Voter Project is thrilled to release our first Annual Impact Report.
Marching is Good. Voting is Better.
"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.
Care about the Environment? Here's what YOU can do right NOW
Climate change denial...the decimation of clean air and water protections...even an all-out "War On Science." We live in scary times, and many of us are struggling to figure out how we, as individuals, can have a real impact during a Trump presidency.
New Year's Resolution: Vote in EVERY Election
Climate change is big and scary, and as we look ahead to a Trump presidency, many of us are struggling to figure out how we, as individuals, can have a real impact on climate policies.
Giving Tuesday: Help Mobilize 15 Million Environmentalists
This year, it's never been more important to support organizations that will take back the electorate and fight climate change.
The real winner in the November 8th election was a candidate who has plagued the progressive movement for years...
Who Lost The Debate? Our Children Did.
Just two seconds was the entire amount of time dedicated to climate change and other environmental issues in the third and final Presidential debate.
Yay for the Paris Agreement... but now we need to VOTE!
With the European Union formally joining the Paris Climate Agreement on Wednesday, over 55 countries (representing over 55% of global greenhouse gas emissions) have signed on to the accord which will now officially enter into force on November 4th.
EVP Executive Director Nathaniel Stinnett spoke with Boston Public Radio about the recent West Virginia v EPA Supreme Court decision and the role that EVP is playing in getting non-voting environmentalists to change their ways.
The Environmental Voter Project wants to turn infrequent voters who care about the environment into a force that can swing elections.
WBUR: What Voter Suppression in Places like Texas means for the Climate
Voters who care about climate change are also most likely to be hurt by voter suppression laws, writes Nathaniel Stinnett.
theSkimm: What Your Vote in the Midterms Can Mean for Climate Change
4 (Solvable) Reasons We're Losing The Fight Against Climate Change.
Nathaniel Stinnett talked about efforts to increase voting numbers among environmentalists. Stinnett is founder and executive director of the Environmental Voter Project.
Important Not Important Podcast: Peer Pressure Works
Over the past few years, more and more voters have cited “action on climate” as a reason for voting the way they do. But lots of voters who are registered, and even those who do vote in presidential elections – don’t turn out for midterms.
The Environmental Voter Project has spent years identifying and mobilizing environment-first voters. Their recent research found nearly 1 million environmentalists who voted in the 2020 presidential election but have never voted in a midterm election. Nathaniel Stinnett, founder and executive director of the Environmental Voter Project, joins Host Steve Curwood to talk about why these so-called environmental drop-off voters could be decisive in the 2022 midterms if they show up at the polls.
Yahoo News: Climate Change Activists Look to Increase Voter Turnout in 2022 and Beyond
When engineering geologist Betsy Mathieson, 66, thought about her retirement, she imagined putting her scientific expertise to use by volunteering for an environmentalist organization like the Sierra Club. But when the U.S. elected climate change denier Donald Trump president in 2016, she decided to retire early to volunteer on increasing voter turnout.
A new report from the Environmental Voter Project claims to have identified a hidden voting bloc in nine states: low-propensity environmental voters.
WBUR Cognoscenti: So You're Serious About Climate Change: Vote In Your Local Elections
After the trauma of the 2020 election cycle, the American people would be forgiven for seeking a brief break from politics. We lived through a bitter presidential campaign, two runoff elections in Georgia to determine control of the U.S. Senate, and an armed insurrection at the Capitol, all amidst a global pandemic. It should come as no surprise that this has left voters, volunteers and donors with a serious case of election fatigue.