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  • September 15 2024
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CBS Miami: The politics of climate change

EVP Founder and Executive Director Nathaniel Stinnett speaks with CBS News Miami's Jim DeFede about the Politics of Climate Change.

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  • September 13 2024
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Join Climate Changemakers for environmental voter phone bank Hours of Action!

Join our partners at Climate Changemakers to make calls to low propensity environmental voters during their Hours of Action! Check out the schedule and sign up for these efficient and impactful opportunities to mobilize climate voters.
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  • September 4 2024
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Volts: How to activate climate voters

The Environmental Voter Project has a unique approach: rather than convincing people to care about climate change, it identifies people who already do, but don't consistently vote, and works to get them to the polls. In this episode, EVP founder Nathaniel Stinnett discusses how to find these voters, keep them engaged, and measure their impact.

Supporters cheer for Democratic presidential candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris at Georgia State Convocation Center on July 30 in Atlanta. Credit: Julia Beverly/Getty Images
  • August 25 2024
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Inside Climate News: Kamala Harris’ Favorability Is Sky High Among Young Voters in Battleground States

New polling by the Environmental Voter Project also shows that there are 245,000 so-called low propensity environment voters in Pennsylvania who could decide the election in the crucial swing state if they turn out.

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  • August 15 2024
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NBC News: New poll shows climate change as a top issue for young voters

Climate change has become a "deal breaker" issue for young voters, according to a new poll by a Democratic polling firm. 40% of voters under 35 said they will only for for a candidate that prioritizes climate action.

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  • July 31 2024
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TED Talk: Why isn't the climate movement voting?

Watch EVP Founder and Executive Director Nathaniel Stinnett's TED Talk about why increasing voter participation is essential to advancing the climate movement.

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  • July 19 2024
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Living on Earth: Climate Voter Power

EVP Founder and Executive Director Nathaniel Stinnett joins Living on Earth’s Aynsley O’Neill to explain why climate voters are worth tapping into.

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  • July 19 2024
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Climate One: What’s at Stake in November

EVP Founder and Executive Director Nathaniel Stinnett speaks with the hosts of Climate One about what’s at stake in the November election.

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  • May 16 2024
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Mass Climate Action Network: How you can help climate folks become reliable voters

EVP Organizing Director Shannon Seigal joins MCAN's The Climate Minute Series to discuss how you can help people concerned about climate issues become reliable voters.

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  • May 1 2024
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ABC News Live Prime: Turning out the climate change vote

ABC News’ MaryAlice Parks reports on the volunteers recruiting voters who care about climate change and the advocates working to make climate change a bigger election issue.

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  • November 21 2023
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Is The Next Big Climate Election in Houston?

In this edition, we spotlight the Dec. 9 mayoral runoff election in Houston, a below-the-radar election result in Kansas that could have big climate implications, and some great clean energy news out of Michigan.
GET OUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL VOTE. November 3-7, 2023.
  • September 26 2023
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Sign up for November 2023 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 20 2023
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Americans Support Climate Justice. They Just Don’t Know What It Is

In this edition, we spotlight a Texas preemption law that will impede local climate action, some recent polling on climate justice, and new data on the staggering number of Houston residents who are concerned about climate change. We’re not always a Texas-heavy newsletter, but we are this month!
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  • August 18 2023
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Georgia’s Neverending Utility Commission Race Keeps Going and Going and Going

In this edition, we spotlight a neverending election for Georgia’s Public Service Commission, recent polling on the interplay between eco-anxiety and climate action, and a rightwing plan for the next President to dismantle US climate policy.
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  • July 12 2023
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Paying Your Utility Bill Shouldn't Be A Political Contribution

In this edition, we spotlight a new Connecticut law banning utilities from billing customers for lobbying expenses, a New Hampshire poll that shows a growing number of climate-first voters, and a federal civil rights investigation in Alabama that could lead to sewage infrastructure being treated as an environmental justice and civil rights matter.
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  • June 15 2023
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Overlooked in Climate Politics: Will It Get Easier to Vote in New York?

In this edition, we highlight California legislation that might force large companies to detail their greenhouse gas emissions, a groundbreaking climate change case in Montana, and a possibly dramatic expansion of vote-by-mail rights in New York — a state which could decide control of the US House in 2024.
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  • May 15 2023
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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.
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  • April 24 2023
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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.

 

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
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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!

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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  • July 19 2024
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Climate One: What’s at Stake in November

EVP Founder and Executive Director Nathaniel Stinnett speaks with the hosts of Climate One about what’s at stake in the November election.

Blue graphic of a clock that reads "The Climate Minute" with the "MCAN Mass Climate Action Network" logo
  • May 16 2024
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Mass Climate Action Network: How you can help climate folks become reliable voters

EVP Organizing Director Shannon Seigal joins MCAN's The Climate Minute Series to discuss how you can help people concerned about climate issues become reliable voters.

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  • May 1 2024
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ABC News Live Prime: Turning out the climate change vote

ABC News’ MaryAlice Parks reports on the volunteers recruiting voters who care about climate change and the advocates working to make climate change a bigger election issue.

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  • April 24 2024
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Yale Climate Connections: ‘Basic peer pressure’: The plan to turn out millions of pro-climate voters in the 2024 U.S. election

EVP Founder and Executive Director Nathaniel Stinnett talks with Yale Climate Connections to discuss EVP's approach and the strategies anyone can use when talking with friends and family about the upcoming November election.

ABC News' MaryAlice Parks interviews Environmental Voter Project volunteers in Pittsburgh, PA. Photo Credit: Julia Cherner/ABC News
  • April 21 2024
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ABC News: Climate advocates want to solve their 'biggest problem' in the US: Turning out voters

Climate advocates look to make progress this election year with better voter turnout. ABC News’ MaryAlice Parks talks to environmental advocates trying to gain voting power.

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  • March 12 2024
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KALW: How important is climate change to voters?

EVP Founder and Executive Director Nathaniel Stinnett joins KALW's Your Call's One Planet Series to discuss a recent University of Colorado Boulder study about the role of climate change in shaping voting choices.

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  • March 4 2024
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Bloomberg: Many Environmentalists Don’t Vote. This Group Wants to Change That

“The climate movement doesn’t have a persuasion problem as much as we have a turnout problem,” says Nathaniel Stinnett of the Environmental Voter Project.

Hazel Chandler is part of a largely unrecognized contingent of the climate movement in the United States: the climate grannies. (CAITLIN O'HARA FOR THE 19TH)
  • January 31 2024
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The 19th: These are the climate grannies. They’ll do whatever it takes to protect their grandchildren.

They have the generational wisdom, environmental activism experience, free time — and they're not afraid of getting arrested.

Students rally at the Texas Capitol as part of an international youth climate strike in 2019.
  • December 11 2023
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Texas Standard: Older voters are second only to young people in share of ‘climate voters,’ new study shows

Inside Climate News reporter Marianne Lavelle spoke with the Texas Standard about a recent report from the Environmental Voter Project that says “gray is the new green,” as voters who prioritize climate are numerous enough to swing elections in key states.

Seniors in New York City and a coalition of environmental groups marching with a banner that reads "Chase Funds Climate Crimes" at a rally on March 21, 2023 as part of a National Day of Action to pressure the major banks to stop financing the expansion of the fossil fuel industry
  • December 5 2023
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Inside Climate News: Older Voters Are Second Only to Young People in Share of ’Climate Voters,’ New Study Shows

A report from the Environmental Voter Project says “gray is the new green," as voters who prioritize climate are numerous enough to swing elections in key states.

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