Climergency Podcast: Get Out The Environmental Vote
Nathaniel Stinnett is a political advisor & Executive Director of the Environmental Voter Project. We discuss how the organization started, the stats on environmentalists who don't vote, how modern political campaigns work, how you can sign up to volunteer, why this election is so important for climate change, why it's crucial to be a voter regardless who you vote for & more.
Grist: Why Voting Rights are Climate Rights: Two experts talk GOTV
The jury is in: Most Americans agree that climate change is a problem and would like to see the government do more to reduce carbon and protect our air and water. So, you might ask, why isn’t the government doing more to reduce carbon and protect our air and water?
Cooler Earth Podcast: "Systemic Racism Subsidizes The Fossil Fuel Economy"
As the climate crisis continues to climb as a top concern for likely voters in the U.S., the Cooler Earth Podcast sat down with Sara Singh of the Sunrise Movement, and Nathaniel Stinnett of the Environmental Voter Project to understand the growing impact of climate and environmental justice in electoral politics.
WBUR: The Climate Voters Are Coming
The era of the climate voter has arrived. This may be news to people who haven’t tuned into politics since 2016, but these are the facts: climate change is now a top-3 voter priority, climate voters are turning out in unprecedented numbers, and battle-ground state voters of all stripes are deeply concerned about the climate crisis.
Podship Earth: Enviros Don't Vote (Enough)
The Environmental Voter Project's Executive Director, Nathaniel Stinnett, joins Jared Blumenfeld's award-winning Podship Earth to discuss the environmental movement's enormous latent political power, and why we need to start voting like our lives depend on it.
Be The Change Podcast: Saving The Earth One Vote at a Time
Environmentalists are known for their passion. Millions have marched, thousands skipped school in protest and organizations like Sunrise Movement are pushing policy on the US Presidential candidates - but are they actually voting?
The Promise of the 19th Amendment
100 years ago today, the 19th Amendment took effect after being ratified by the state of Tennessee just eight days earlier. This was, and remains to this day, an historically important step forward in fulfilling the potential of American democracy. But we must also recognize that the suffragettes’ work was incomplete and remains unfinished.
"It's about love for the Earth" - An EVP Volunteer Story
Have you ever thought about how many texts you send in a day? Even by today’s standards, the idea of sending even 100 texts in a day seems like a lot. Well, when Roberta Rominger hits 100, she has barely even started. Now try 4,400 texts. In six hours.
Quartz: Kamala Harris signals the rise of the “climate voter”
Politicians in the United States have never been able to rely on climate concerns to turn out voters, or change their behavior at the ballot box. But something started to change in recent elections.
Our Daily Planet: Interview of the Week, Nathaniel Stinnett CEO, Environmental Voter Project
ODP: New polling by Data For Progress shows that progressive climate policies are popular in key battleground states and voters seem to be motivated to vote due to climate and environmental issues. But that has not been true in the past. Why is this election different? Or is it?
Think Progress: A 'Jaw-Dropping' 15 Million Super-Environmentalists Don't Vote In The Midterms
CBS News: Non-profit seeks to propel registered environmentalists to the polls
The New York Times: Visionaries: Taking On Climate Change
Huffington Post: This Year, Earth Day Is On Nov. 6
Yes! Magazine: 13 Climate Justice Leaders Imagined as Comic Superheroes
The Earth could use some climate-change-fighting superheroes right about now. And according to a new comic series by the nonprofit Amplifier, there are a few real-life ones in our midst. Thirteen of them, actually.
Washington Monthly: Planet Earth Gets a Ground Game
In a crowded field, no issue more spectacularly illustrates the failures of our political system than climate change. We are hurtling toward catastrophes that threaten the very existence of humankind, yet the matter is almost totally absent from political discourse. Donald Trump’s 2018 State of the Union address didn’t mention it. Neither did the official Democratic response. There are no fights being waged on climate policy in Congress; no government shutdowns based on it; no think pieces wondering whether Democrats should emphasize the environment over identity politics.
Campaigns & Elections: Voters Are Lying To Us. Here's Why It Could Be Helpful
Huffington Post: Climate Voters Could Swing Congress, But They Might Not Be Who You Think They Are