In state after state, climate change emerges as a key issue for Democratic voters
  • February 24 2020
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The Washington Post: In state after state, climate change emerges as a key issue for Democratic voters

Climate change emerged as a front-burner issue in every state so far in this Democratic presidential primary season, in ways difficult to fathom only a few years ago.

An Obscure Issue Four Years Ago, Climate Emerged as a Top Concern in New Hampshire
  • February 12 2020
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Inside Climate News: An Obscure Issue Four Years Ago, Climate Emerged as a Top Concern in New Hampshire

Amid the over-the-top politicking that has come to define the first-in-the-nation primary, climate change rose from obscurity to a place among the top issues for Democratic voters. That marks a win for activists and several extraordinary campaigns in New Hampshire to elevate the recognition of climate as a crisis requiring political action.
How Important Is Climate Change In the New Hampshire Primary?
  • February 6 2020
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WGBH News: How Important Is Climate Change In the New Hampshire Primary?

With so many topics on the minds of New Hampshire voters, what impact, if any, will climate change have on Tuesday's "first in the nation" primary?
More U.S. Voters Than Ever Care About Climate - But Will They Go To The Polls?
  • December 26 2019
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The Guardian: More U.S. Voters Than Ever Care About Climate - But Will They Go To The Polls?

New poll shows climate and environment the top priority for 14% of voters, raising prospect of large turnout for green issues.
 Even in recent national elections, more than 15 million registered U.S. voters who 'strongly prioritize progressive environmental policies' have neglected to vote, according to the Environmental Voter Project. (Photo: Matt McClain/Getty Images)
  • September 24 2019
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Mother Nature Network: Millions of Environmentalists Are Registered to Vote in the U.S. But Don't. What if They Did?

Environmental issues tend to fall through the cracks in American politics, where they are often ignored, belittled or even denied by politicians. Yet this familiar political climate, much like Earth's climate, is more changeable than it might seem.

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
  • September 15 2019
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Buzzfeed News: Forget About The Climate Deniers. It’s The Climate Liars We Need To Stop.

The international scientific community is shouting from the rooftops that we have just 11 years to act to avert climate catastrophe. Yet it often seems like nobody is listening — climate denial thrives, and politicians are doubling down on fossil fuels in the face of a global emergency.

The Group Raising An NRA-Style ‘Army Of Environmental Super Voters’ Is Expanding
  • September 1 2019
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Huffpost: The Group Raising An NRA-Style ‘Army Of Environmental Super Voters’ Is Expanding

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 to cast ballots for the first time last year.
The Environmental Voter Problem
  • August 1 2019
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Greentech Media: The Environmental Voter Problem

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.
Interview with Nathaniel Stinnett, Founder & Executive Director of the Environmental Voter Project
  • June 17 2019
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My Climate Journey: Interview with Nathaniel Stinnett, Founder & Executive Director of the Environmental Voter Project

Jason Jacobs (host of the My Climate Journey podcast) interviews Nathaniel Stinnett about The Environmental Voter Project.
Can The Environmental Movement Carry A 'Green Wave' Into 2020?
  • May 13 2019
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The Revelator: Can The Environmental Movement Carry A 'Green Wave' Into 2020?

Elected officials won't care about environmental issues unless environmental voters turn out to the polls.
I Voted Today
  • March 4 2016
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Rachel's Network: Getting out the Environmental Vote

Many of us now realize that climate change and other environmental issues have become – quite literally – existential problems. So why are politicians still so unwilling to pass the laws and regulations that we desperately need?

Nathanial Stinnett, Executive Director of the Environmental Voter Project
  • January 21 2016
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Grist: The Voting Guru

When Stinnett - a veteran campaign strategist who has been involved with several U.S. Senate, congressional, state, and local races - saw the environment consistently low on lists of voter concerns, he wondered what was going on. Convinced that getting those people to the polls would be easier than getting non-believers to go green, Stinnett created the crowdfunded Environmental Voter Project.

People voting in voting booths.
  • November 8 2015
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You Are Here: Environmental Voter Project Looks To Bring Environmentalists to Polls

Chloe Goldstein interviews Nathaniel Stinnett, founder and CEO of the Environmental Voter Project.
Environmental Voting Project canvasser Heleena Mathew spoke with a Green Street resident. JOHN BLANDING/BOSTON GLOBE
  • November 1 2015
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Boston Globe: Group’s goal is to get non-voters to the polls

As the Boston City Council election nears, clipboard-toting canvassers are busy stumping for their chosen candidate, working to get out the vote in a low-key race. But an environmental group now door-knocking in the neighborhoods isn’t trying to get anyone elected. Instead, the group is hoping to persuade inconsistent voters — the kind political campaigns typically ignore — to simply head to the polls.

  • October 22 2015
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Nature: Climate policy: US environmentalists must turn out to vote

Democracy is crucial in the fight against global warming, attributing the inadequate response of most democracies to an overall lack of public engagement. Our findings at the Environmental Voter Project indicate that a contributory factor could be a lamentably low turnout by environmentalist voters.

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