Rise of the Asian American Environmental Voter
Overlooked in Climate Politics: Will Maine Get a Customer-Owned Utility?
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.
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.
Join us on Earth Week to learn about our postcarding effort and to mobilize low propensity voters in Georgia, Kansas, Nebraska, and Florida!
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!.
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
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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: 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.
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.
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.
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.