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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

Get Out The Vote! November 4-8. Make calls to low propensity environmental voters. It's an efficient and effective way to make an impact.
  • October 6 2022
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Sign up for November 2022 GOTV Shifts Today!

Join first-time and long-time Environmental Voter Project volunteers to call low propensity environmental voters in ahead of the Nov. 8 election!

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  • September 30 2022
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Thrillest - If You Care About Climate Change, Head to the Polls

Don't be deterred by a lack of political attention on climate change. Your vote can change that.

Join EVP to mobilize low propensity environmental voters ahead of November 8th elections in Maine, Virginia, New Hampshire, New Mexico, and Arizona.
  • September 20 2022
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Sign up for our Oct. 11 Day of Action

Join first-time and long-time Environmental Voter Project volunteers to call low propensity environmental voters in VA, ME, NH, NM, & AZ ahead of the Nov. 8 election!

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  • September 9 2022
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NPR - Living On Earth: Green Voters and the 2022 Midterms

EVP Executive Director Nathaniel Stinnett has a conversation with Living on Earth Host Steve Curwood about how the recent passage of the Inflation Reduction Act might affect environmental voter turnout.

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  • August 29 2022
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Radio Kingston: Green Radio Hour with Jon Bowermaster

EVP Executive Director Nathaniel Stinnett has a conversation with the Green Radio Hour on why environmentalists don't vote and how the EVP is getting them to the polls.

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  • August 10 2022
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The Climate Pod: How To Build Climate Political Power After The Inflation Reduction Act (w/ Nathaniel Stinnett and Lori Lodes)

The Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act. The 2022 midterm elections are less than 90 days away. With historic investments in climate action almost signed into law and historic stakes for the upcoming elections, what should the climate movement do now?

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  • July 28 2022
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HuffPost: ‘Dormant’ Climate Voters Could Swing Elections In Key States, New Poll Suggests

Driving the voters who rarely cast ballots to turn out may be the trick to bringing climate hawks off the sidelines.

Creating Environmental Super Voters for 2020 and Beyond
  • October 30 2020
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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.

Could this 'Army of Environmental Super Voters' Sway Swing States?
  • October 30 2020
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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.

Could Environmental Voters Tip The Scales In 2020?
  • October 22 2020
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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?

Get Out The Environmental Vote
  • October 20 2020
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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.

Why Voting Rights are Climate Rights: Two experts talk GOTV
  • October 12 2020
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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?

"Systemic Racism Subsidizes The Fossil Fuel Economy"
  • October 8 2020
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Cooler Earth Podcast: "Systemic Racism Subsidizes The Fossil Fuel Economy"

As the climate crisis continues to climb as a top concern for likely voters in the U.S., the Cooler Earth Podcast sat down with Sara Singh of the Sunrise Movement, and Nathaniel Stinnett of the Environmental Voter Project to understand the growing impact of climate and environmental justice in electoral politics.

The Climate Voters Are Coming
  • September 25 2020
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WBUR: The Climate Voters Are Coming

The era of the climate voter has arrived. This may be news to people who haven’t tuned into politics since 2016, but these are the facts: climate change is now a top-3 voter priority, climate voters are turning out in unprecedented numbers, and battle-ground state voters of all stripes are deeply concerned about the climate crisis.

Enviros Don't Vote (Enough)
  • September 6 2020
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Podship Earth: Enviros Don't Vote (Enough)

The Environmental Voter Project's Executive Director, Nathaniel Stinnett, joins Jared Blumenfeld's award-winning Podship Earth to discuss the environmental movement's enormous latent political power, and why we need to start voting like our lives depend on it.

Saving The Earth One Vote at a Time
  • September 2 2020
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Be The Change Podcast: Saving The Earth One Vote at a Time

Environmentalists are known for their passion. Millions have marched, thousands skipped school in protest and organizations like Sunrise Movement are pushing policy on the US Presidential candidates - but are they actually voting?

Kamala Harris signals the rise of the “climate voter”
  • August 15 2020
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Quartz: Kamala Harris signals the rise of the “climate voter”

Politicians in the United States have never been able to rely on climate concerns to turn out voters, or change their behavior at the ballot box. But something started to change in recent elections.

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