Raphael Warnock speaks into a microphone behind a podium that reads Reverend Raphael Warnock for US Senate
  • December 5 2022
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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
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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
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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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  • November 11 2022
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The New Republic - The Midterms’ Surprising Lesson for 2024: Court the Climate Voter

While crime got a lot of attention during the midterms, just as many voters rated climate change as their top concern. Could this be the next big voting bloc?

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  • November 7 2022
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NBC LX - Many Environmentalists are Voting in Their First Midterm Election. Could That Swing Close Races?

Half a million people who rank climate change their top issue are voting for the first time in a midterm election. Could that make a difference in close races in states like Texas, Florida, and Pennsylvania?

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  • November 7 2022
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Daily Kos - Over half a million new voters have already cast their ballots because of climate concerns

Climate change is most certainly on the ballot and groups like the Environmental Voter Project have done wonders to get out the vote for the sake of our planet.

A wood duck is spotted by the Tucson Audubon Society as they go birding in Reid Park on Oct. 29, 2022, in Tucson.
  • November 2 2022
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Arizona Republic - What do you get when you cross birders with elections? The goal is more environmental votes

The Tucson Audubon Society canvasses for the Environmental Voter Project to encourage people to take the environment into consideration when voting.

Protestors at the US capitol with signs calling on legislators to protect the planet
  • October 31 2022
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KALW Public Radio - One Planet Series: How important is climate change for voters in the midterm elections?

EVP Founder and Executive Director Nathaniel Stinnett speaks with KALW about what it will take to get people, especially young people, to vote on climate issues.

I Voted sticker on pile of leaves
  • October 12 2022
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The Revelator - 30 Ways Environmentalists Can Participate in Democracy

Voting on election day is job one, but the planet needs your civic commitment every other day of the year, too.

Graphic of red and blue hands casting ballots. Text reads Political Climate: The Midterm Forecast. Climate One.
  • October 7 2022
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Climate One - Political Climate: The Midterm Forecast

EVP Founder and Executive Director Nathaniel Stinnett speaks with Climate One about where he believes the upcoming midterm races currently stand.

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  • June 3 2016
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Orange is the New Green

The Environmental Voter Project is partnering with Vote for Home, a great new video project where well-known musicians and artists discuss the importance of voting as a way to address the impacts of climate change.

The arctic sun by the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/Flickr.
  • April 9 2016
  • Blog posts

It Only Takes 14 Minutes to Fight Climate Change

Imagine if 15 million environmentalists decided to take 14 minutes and vote next Election Day. It could change everything.

Baltimore, MD City Hall.
  • March 28 2016
  • Blog posts

The 2016 Elections That Nobody's Talking About

Tens of millions of Americans will also have the opportunity to vote for a new mayor in 2016.

The Eiffel Tower.
  • December 14 2015
  • Blog posts

Paris Gives Us Climate Hope. Voting Will Give Us Climate Results.

It wasn't just in Paris. People from around the world began celebrating on Saturday evening as officials from more than 190 countries agreed to a landmark global deal to address climate change.

An election worker at a polling location in Hermon, Maine.
  • January 28 2022
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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.

People cast votes at the Richland County Voter Registration and Elections Office on the second day of in-person absentee and early voting on Oct. 6, 2020 in Columbia, South Carolina. Credit: Sean Rayford/Getty Images
  • July 4 2021
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Inside Climate News: Sporadic Environmental Voters Hold the Power to Shift Elections and Turn Red States Blue

A new report from the Environmental Voter Project claims to have identified a hidden voting bloc in nine states: low-propensity environmental voters.

Protesters hold placards during the Keep the Promise rally
  • April 22 2021
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WBUR Cognoscenti: So You're Serious About Climate Change: Vote In Your Local Elections

After the trauma of the 2020 election cycle, the American people would be forgiven for seeking a brief break from politics. We lived through a bitter presidential campaign, two runoff elections in Georgia to determine control of the U.S. Senate, and an armed insurrection at the Capitol, all amidst a global pandemic. It should come as no surprise that this has left voters, volunteers and donors with a serious case of election fatigue.

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  • March 18 2021
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HuffPost: The ‘Army Of Environmental Super Voters’ Is Growing, And Marching On City Hall

Nathaniel Stinnett launched the Environmental Voter Project in 2015 to resolve a simple but enormously important contradiction. Polls found a vast majority of Americans understood climate change and wanted the government to act. And while millions of those people were registered to vote, many never cast ballots.

Absentee voter vote by mail ballot
  • March 18 2021
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Our Daily Planet: Environmental Voter Project extends to 5 new states to mobiliize millions

The Environmental Voter Project (EVP) has announced that it will be expanding its voter outreach programs into five new states: Alaska, Texas, Kansas, Iowa, and New York. With this addition, the EVP will now operate in 17 states to identify inactive environmentalists and equip them with the tools to become lifelong voters.

Nathanial Stinnett, Executive Director of the Environmental Voter Project
  • February 22 2021
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Citizen's Climate Lobby: Environmental Voter Project helped put climate near top of national agenda

At Citizens’ Climate Lobby, we often say the solution to climate change is democracy. Well, the first step to engage with our democracy is voting. Research shows, however, that many who are concerned about the state of our climate don’t even take that initial step. In fact, tens of millions of people who identify as environmentalists have been no-shows at the polls on election day.

Stacey Abrams speaks to Biden supporters on Nov. 2, 2020, at Turner Field in Atlanta. Credit: Brynn Anderson/AP
  • January 20 2021
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Living on Earth: Georgia's green voters helped deliver the Senate to the Democrats

Voters most likely to rank the environment as their top priority are young, Black or Latino, and they were key voters in the two recent senatorial wins in Georgia that gave the majority to Democrats.

Nathanial Stinnett, Executive Director of the Environmental Voter Project
  • December 18 2020
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Mother Earth Podcast: Nathaniel Stinnett on how to make our leaders protect the environment

In this second of two special bonus episodes to Season One of the Mother Earth Podcast, we sit down for a timely conversation with Nathaniel Stinnett, founder and executive director of the Environmental Voter Project.

The Climate Pod
  • December 9 2020
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The Climate Pod: What Motivates Environmental Voters?

This week, Nathaniel Stinnett, founder and executive director of the Environmental Voter Project, joins the show to answer one basic question: what the hell is going on with environmental voters? Just kidding...kinda.

Nathanial Stinnett, Executive Director of the Environmental Voter Project
  • December 4 2020
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Our Daily Planet: Environmental Voters Were Highly Influential This Year

This week we were so excited to get to sit down with Nathaniel Stinnett, executive director and founder of the Environmental Voter Project, to get some insights about the recent election and what climate activists can learn from it. Nathaniel brings some truly valuable insight into who climate voters are, what happened with the Latinx vote in 2020, and what EVP is planning in Georgia for the special Senate races currently underway.

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