The Hill: Climate movement must stop hoping for political heroes
EVP Executive Director Nathaniel Stinnett wrote an Op-Ed for The Hill in response to the recent announcement that Senator Joe Manchin will not support climate change legislation.
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.
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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.
Living on Earth: Mustering Georgia's Environmental Voters
The 2020 Presidential election had a historic turnout, including young voters and voters of color, who are statistically more likely than other voters to list climate or the environment as their top priority when voting. Nathaniel Stinnett explains to Steve Curwood how turnout of environmentally-focused voters might influence Georgia's twin US Senate run-off elections January 5th.
The Washington Post: So How Much Did Climate Change Matter In The 2020 Election?
Two big issues dominated the 2020 election: the economy and the coronavirus pandemic. But voters concerned about climate change still helped Joe Biden win the White House.
WHYY: Pennsylvania Environmentalists Actually Voted This Year. That's A Big Deal.
In the battleground state of Pennsylvania, voters prioritizing environmental issues may have tipped the scales of the election in favor of Joe Biden.
Heated: 600,000 new environmental voters
Since the election, a lot of ink has been spilled about youth voter turnout, which increased about 8 percent compared to 2016. Part of this is undoubtedly due to the climate movement. But not all climate-related get-out-the-vote efforts were focused on people under the age of 35
Gizmodo: Inside Environmentalists' Final Efforts to Get Out the Vote
This election cycle, the climate crisis is on Americans’ minds. In an October poll from the New York Times and Siena College, 58% of people surveyed said they were “very concerned” or at least “somewhat concerned” about climate change, and potential voters in swing states expressed worry about its effects in their communities.
The Allegheny Front: Creating Environmental Super Voters for 2020 and Beyond
As Election Day nears, a majority of registered voters in the United States say climate change will be an important issue in making their choice for president. That’s according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted over the summer. It’s a sharp contrast to the 2016 race, when only 2% of likely voters listed climate or the environment as their top priority.
Grist: Could this 'Army of Environmental Super Voters' Sway Swing States?
According to data from the nonpartisan Environmental Voter Project provided exclusively to Grist, 20 percent of early ballots cast in key battleground states like Arizona and North Carolina come from eco-conscious voters, those identified as likely to choose climate or the environment as a top priority.
Greentech Media: Could Environmental Voters Tip The Scales In 2020?
In this episode of Political Climate, we examine whether environmental issues are mobilizing voters the way that analysts anticipated. Who are those voters, and do they wield significant influence?
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?