Rise of the Asian American Environmental Voter
  • May 22 2023
  • Blog posts

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
  • Blog posts

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.
An image of a fracking well
  • April 24 2023
  • Blog posts

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.

 

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  • March 29 2023
  • Blog posts

Report: The Hidden Potential of Green Voters in Red States

The Environmental Voter Project (EVP) today released new research highlighting the latent political power of environmental voters in 12 traditionally purple and red states – AK, AZ, FL, GA, IA, KS, LA, NE, NV, NC, PA, and TX.

Earth Week w/EVP. Join us on Earth Week to learn about our postcarding and to mobilize low propensity voters in GA, KS, NE, and FL.
  • March 29 2023
  • Blog posts

Earth Week Action

Join us on Earth Week to learn about our postcarding effort and to mobilize low propensity voters in Georgia, Kansas, Nebraska, and Florida!

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  • 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

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  • March 16 2023
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EVP’s 2022 Impact Report is here!

We're thrilled to share our 2022 Impact Report with you!

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.

The Easiest Way For Massachusetts Residents To Fight Climate Change
  • September 16 2016
  • Blog posts

The Easiest Way For Massachusetts Residents To Fight Climate Change

By the end of this century, Massachusetts may experience as many as 24 days above 100°F each year, not to mention nearly 1 in 5 Boston homes could wash away due to rising sea levels.

Politicians Know Whether You Vote Or Not
  • September 1 2016
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Politicians Know Whether You Vote Or Not

Don’t worry - this isn’t some sinister plot. When you mark your ballot, your choice is still a secret...but that’s pretty much the only part of voting that’s a secret.

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  • August 25 2016
  • Blog posts

Climate Change is more Polarizing than Abortion...So now what?

The science is settled and the stakes couldn't be higher, but huge numbers of Americans still deny climate change and now it's getting harder for the rest of us to change their minds.

  • August 3 2016
  • Blog posts

The Easiest Way to Fight Climate Change

Climate change is big and scary...and sometimes it's hard to figure out how we, as individuals, can fight against something so enormous. But there's one thing that each of us can do today.

Environmental non-voters in 2012
  • July 20 2016
  • Blog posts

5 States Where Environmental Voters Could Have a Huge Impact in 2016

Elections are decided by the people who actually show up...and environmentalists don't always show up. Using big data analytics, predictive modeling, and public voter files, the Environmental Voter Project has discovered that 15.78 million environmentalists don't vote in mid-term elections, and a whopping 10.1 million didn't even vote in the 2012 Presidential election.

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  • June 3 2016
  • Blog posts

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.

LA County Election workers process mail-in ballots - Robyn Beck via Getty Images
  • March 18 2021
  • Press

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
  • Press

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
  • Press

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
  • Press

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
  • Press

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
  • Press

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
  • Press

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.

Nathanial Stinnett, Executive Director of the Environmental Voter Project
  • December 2 2020
  • Press

My Climate Journey: Nathaniel Stinnett Returns!

Back by popular demand, today's guest is Nathaniel Stinnett, Founder and Executive Director of the Environmental Voter Project, a non-profit that aims to significantly increase voter demand for environmental leadership by identifying inactive environmentalists and then turning them into consistent activists and voters.

Nathanial Stinnett, Executive Director of the Environmental Voter Project
  • November 27 2020
  • Press

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.

Climate activists hold signs at a protest in Washington on the day after Election Day. (Eric Lee/Bloomberg)
  • November 18 2020
  • Press

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.

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