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  • October 23 2024
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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
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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
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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
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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.

GET OUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL VOTE. November 1-5, 2024.
  • September 25 2024
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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 25 2024
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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
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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 13 2024
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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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  • September 4 2024
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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
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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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  • December 5 2023
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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
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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
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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
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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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  • July 12 2023
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Paying Your Utility Bill Shouldn't Be A Political Contribution

In this edition, we spotlight a new Connecticut law banning utilities from billing customers for lobbying expenses, a New Hampshire poll that shows a growing number of climate-first voters, and a federal civil rights investigation in Alabama that could lead to sewage infrastructure being treated as an environmental justice and civil rights matter.
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  • June 15 2023
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Overlooked in Climate Politics: Will It Get Easier to Vote in New York?

In this edition, we highlight California legislation that might force large companies to detail their greenhouse gas emissions, a groundbreaking climate change case in Montana, and a possibly dramatic expansion of vote-by-mail rights in New York — a state which could decide control of the US House in 2024.
Rise of the Asian American Environmental Voter
  • May 22 2023
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Rise of the Asian American Environmental Voter

The Environmental Voter Project (EVP) released a new report highlighting the disproportionately large numbers of Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) environmentalists identified by EVP's February 2023 predictive modeling data across all 19 states.
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  • May 15 2023
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Overlooked in Climate Politics: Will Maine Get a Customer-Owned Utility?

In this edition, we highlight Denver’s upcoming mayoral election, a fall ballot question that could give Maine a customer-owned non-profit utility, and a Tennessee law requiring local governments to include harmful methane gas in their clean energy standards.
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  • April 24 2023
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Overlooked in Climate Politics: Don’t Frack with Our Water!

Welcome to the inaugural edition of “Overlooked in Climate Politics” — the Environmental Voter Project’s new monthly newsletter that gives you a quick rundown of 3 under-reported stories in climate politics. We hope you enjoy the newsletter and forward it to your friends (they can sign up here)! In this edition, we highlight a city charter amendment in El Paso, TX, a County Executive race in fracking country, and a bunch of new voting laws.

 

Nathaniel Stinnett on camera next to CBS News Miami's Jim DeFede
  • September 15 2024
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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  • July 19 2024
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Living on Earth: Climate Voter Power

EVP Founder and Executive Director Nathaniel Stinnett joins Living on Earth’s Aynsley O’Neill to explain why climate voters are worth tapping into.

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  • July 19 2024
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Climate One: What’s at Stake in November

EVP Founder and Executive Director Nathaniel Stinnett speaks with the hosts of Climate One about what’s at stake in the November election.

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  • May 16 2024
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Mass Climate Action Network: How you can help climate folks become reliable voters

EVP Organizing Director Shannon Seigal joins MCAN's The Climate Minute Series to discuss how you can help people concerned about climate issues become reliable voters.

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  • May 1 2024
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ABC News Live Prime: Turning out the climate change vote

ABC News’ MaryAlice Parks reports on the volunteers recruiting voters who care about climate change and the advocates working to make climate change a bigger election issue.

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  • April 24 2024
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Yale Climate Connections: ‘Basic peer pressure’: The plan to turn out millions of pro-climate voters in the 2024 U.S. election

EVP Founder and Executive Director Nathaniel Stinnett talks with Yale Climate Connections to discuss EVP's approach and the strategies anyone can use when talking with friends and family about the upcoming November election.

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