Voters at the polls casting their ballots in Clark County Nevada
  • April 24 2024
  • Press

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.

ABC News' MaryAlice Parks interviews Environmental Voter Project volunteers in Pittsburgh, PA. Photo Credit: Julia Cherner/ABC News
  • April 21 2024
  • Press

ABC News: Climate advocates want to solve their 'biggest problem' in the US: Turning out voters

Climate advocates look to make progress this election year with better voter turnout. ABC News’ MaryAlice Parks talks to environmental advocates trying to gain voting power.

Earth Week April 22-28, 2024. Environmental Voter Project
  • April 5 2024
  • Blog posts

Join EVP for Earth Week 2024

Join EVP for Earth Week to to mobilize low propensity voters in Kansas, Pennsylvania, Nebraska, New York, Texas, and Alaska and to learn about our most recent messaging experiment results!

Get out the environmental vote virtual phone bank. Every Friday. Zoom. 11am-12:15pm ET. Environmental Voter Project, Elders Climate Action, Elders for Sound Democracy
  • March 27 2024
  • Blog posts

Join Elders Promote the Vote for Weekly Environmental Voter Phone Banks!

Join Elders Climate Action, Elders for Sound Democracy, and the Environmental Voter Project for all-ages phone banks to turn low propensity environmental voters out to vote!

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  • March 12 2024
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KALW: How important is climate change to voters?

EVP Founder and Executive Director Nathaniel Stinnett joins KALW's Your Call's One Planet Series to discuss a recent University of Colorado Boulder study about the role of climate change in shaping voting choices.

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  • March 4 2024
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Bloomberg: Many Environmentalists Don’t Vote. This Group Wants to Change That

“The climate movement doesn’t have a persuasion problem as much as we have a turnout problem,” says Nathaniel Stinnett of the Environmental Voter Project.

Hazel Chandler is part of a largely unrecognized contingent of the climate movement in the United States: the climate grannies. (CAITLIN O'HARA FOR THE 19TH)
  • January 31 2024
  • Press

The 19th: These are the climate grannies. They’ll do whatever it takes to protect their grandchildren.

They have the generational wisdom, environmental activism experience, free time — and they're not afraid of getting arrested.

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  • January 25 2024
  • Blog posts

Study: Climate Voters Won the Election for Biden in 2020

In this edition, we spotlight a study on the impact of climate voters in 2020, the US Senate race in Utah, and how an Alabama utility is almost completely controlling local media coverage.
Students rally at the Texas Capitol as part of an international youth climate strike in 2019.
  • December 11 2023
  • Press

Texas Standard: Older voters are second only to young people in share of ‘climate voters,’ new study shows

Inside Climate News reporter Marianne Lavelle spoke with the Texas Standard about a recent report from the Environmental Voter Project that says “gray is the new green,” as voters who prioritize climate are numerous enough to swing elections in key states.

Seniors in New York City and a coalition of environmental groups marching with a banner that reads "Chase Funds Climate Crimes" at a rally on March 21, 2023 as part of a National Day of Action to pressure the major banks to stop financing the expansion of the fossil fuel industry
  • December 5 2023
  • Press

Inside Climate News: Older Voters Are Second Only to Young People in Share of ’Climate Voters,’ New Study Shows

A report from the Environmental Voter Project says “gray is the new green," as voters who prioritize climate are numerous enough to swing elections in key states.

Seana holding up a Colorado postcard that reads Thank you for voting in 2020!
  • July 25 2022
  • Blog posts

“I’m not a numbers person, but I love numbers people”: An EVP Volunteer Profile

If there’s one thing the Environmental Voter Project (EVP) does flawlessly, it’s numbers. EVP uses data analytics to identify non-voting environmentalists across 17 states and then applies behavioral science-informed messaging to turn those environmentalists into better voters. To date, EVP has helped turn over 1,030,000 non-voting environmentalists into “super-voters” who now vote in every election.

2021 Impact Report Cover
  • March 28 2022
  • Blog posts

EVP's 2021 Impact Report is here!

We're thrilled to share our 2021 Impact Report with you!

A photo of Pike County, Georgia's District Attorney building.
  • December 16 2021
  • Blog posts

Why a National Environmental Group Got Involved in a Small Georgia DA's Race

At the end of 2020, the world turned its eyes to Georgia, where two US Senate races were going to runoff elections on January 5th. These races would ultimately decide control of the US Senate, and a stunning $937 million were spent before Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff each claimed victory.

Mollee Sullivan canvassing for the Environmental Voter Project
  • October 21 2021
  • Blog posts

“I'm going to strap this baby to my chest and go save the world”: An EVP Volunteer Profile

How do you build connections with voters in the middle of a pandemic? According to Mollee, you show up at their door.

Mollee Sullivan, a star volunteer for the Environmental Voter Project (EVP), has spent months canvassing around her neighborhood in Virginia getting to know potential voters. She is a veteran climate activist and volunteer, and is so committed to getting out the vote that she fits canvassing into whichever open scheduling spots she can, including to and from the farmers market or while she picks up her daughters.

GOTV in NC, AZ, NM, GA, & VA
  • September 28 2021
  • Blog posts

Sign up Today for GOTV Shifts Oct. 29 - Nov. 2

Join first-time and long-time Environmental Voter Project volunteers to call low propensity environmental voters to encrouage them to vote in Nov. 2nd elections in Virginia, Georgia, Arizona, North Carolina, and New Mexico.

  • April 13 2021
  • Blog posts

Environmental Voter Project Statement on the murder of Daunte Wright

The entire Environmental Voter Project family is deeply saddened and outraged by the horrific police killing of Daunte Wright in Minnesota.

2020 Impact Report cover
  • March 20 2021
  • Blog posts

Two Special Briefings on EVP's 2020 Results and Plans for 2021

We're thrilled to share our 2019 - 2020 Impact Report with you - and we're even more excited to invite you to two special briefings on the Environmental Voter Project's 2020 results & plans for 2021 (plus Q&A).

2020 Impact Report cover
  • March 19 2021
  • Blog posts

EVP's 2020 Impact Report is here!

We're thrilled to share our 2019 - 2020 Impact Report with you!

Volunteer Spotlight
  • March 11 2021
  • Blog posts

"It's important and it's necessary": The Story of an EVP Volunteer

Historic. Challenging. Chaotic. Surreal: Those are just some of the many words that can be used to describe 2020. In a year that required adaptability and patience for almost every aspect of life, one thing that stood out was that over 158,000,000 Americans voted in the 2020 presidential election.

Every Day is Election Day
  • January 2 2021
  • Blog posts

Become a Monthly Supporter

Voting is a habit, not a series of one-off transactions. And at the Environmental Voter Project, we leverage the latest behavioral science to work year-round in local, state, and federal elections to turn non-voting environmentalists into consistent super-voters. To us, every election is an important behavioral intervention opportunity.

Red ballot box with three stars on a blue background
  • July 5 2023
  • Press

Grist: These climate advocates don’t care about your carbon footprint. They care about whether you vote.

Why the Environmental Voter Project and its 6,000 volunteers are laser focused on getting more environmentalists to the polls.

Illustrated graphic of donkey with red cape on in superhero gear with text that says Louisiana Lefty
  • March 28 2023
  • Press

Louisiana Lefty: Environmental Superpower with Nathaniel Stinnett

EVP Founder and Executive Director Nathaniel Stinnett speaks with Louisiana Lefty host Lynda Woolard to share the exciting news that the nonpartisan, nonprofit EVP is expanding their work into Louisiana!.

Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia
  • March 24 2023
  • Press

The New Republic: Five Ways to Force Washington to Pass Better Climate Policies

The Environmental Voter Project’s work is called out by The New Republic in a list of ways to push the federal government to pass better climate policies

Voting signs in industrial Chalmette, Louisiana, in 2020
  • February 9 2023
  • Press

NBC News: Seeking motivated voters, an environment-focused nonprofit turns to red states

The Environmental Voter Project said they see an opportunity to bridge the partisan gap, noting that many Republican-led states are home to some of the worst climate-fueled impacts — and potentially the most significant opportunities for reform.

Young climate activists stage rally in Lafayette Park across from the White House on Earth Day on April 22, 2022, in Washington, D.C. Organized by Fridays for Future DC, about 50 young people gathered to protest against the use of fossil fuels.
  • February 8 2023
  • Press

HuffPost: A Million-Strong ‘Army Of Environmental Super Voters’ Seeks New Recruits In 2 Red States

The Environmental Voter Project is expanding to Louisiana and Nebraska ahead of key state elections.

Image of Nathaniel Stinnett with text that reads My Views Are My Own podcast: episode 101 with special guest Nathaniel Stinnett. Now streaming.
  • January 31 2023
  • Press

My Views Are My Own: The Environmental Voter Project with Nathaniel Stinnett

EVP Founder and Executive Director Nathaniel Stinnett joins Doug McDonald of the My Views Are My Own podcast to discuss how EVP was created, why some environmentalists don't vote, and why some people consider the environment to be a partisan issue.

Raphael Warnock speaks into a microphone
  • December 9 2022
  • Press

NPR - Living On Earth: Green Voters Help Democrats

EVP Executive Director Nathaniel Stinnett joins Living on Earth Host Steve Curwood to take a look at the impact of environmentally focused voters at the ballot box during the midterm election season.

Raphael Warnock speaks into a microphone behind a podium that reads Reverend Raphael Warnock for US Senate
  • December 5 2022
  • Press

Daily Kos - Groups like the Environmental Voter Project see early voting success in Georgia runoff

The Environmental Voter Project found just one day before Georgia's runoff that more than 40% of environmentalists identified by the group had already cast their ballots.

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  • November 30 2022
  • Press

The Climate Pod: How Are Climate Voters Changing US Elections?

EVP Founder and Executive Director Nathaniel Stinnett joins The Climate Pod to talk about how environmental voters became the "silent surprise" of the US midterm elections and what that could mean for the runoff election in Georgia next week.

Young climate activists stage a ‘die-in’ across from the White House on Earth Day in April this year. Young teens lay down on the ground holding signs that read GCM 4 Climate and Climate Action Now
  • November 18 2022
  • Press

The Guardian - Voters pass historic climate initiatives in ‘silent surprise’ of US midterms

The electoral support at the state and local levels for more climate action comes as world leaders meet at Cop27

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