Special Super Tuesday Preview with Nathaniel Stinnett, Environmental Voter Project
  • March 2 2020
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Our Daily Planet: Special Super Tuesday Preview with Nathaniel Stinnett, Environmental Voter Project

Nathaniel Stinnett is the Founder and Executive Director of the Environmental Voter Project that works to significantly increase voter demand for environmental leadership by identifying inactive environmentalists and then turning them into consistent activists and voters.

In state after state, climate change emerges as a key issue for Democratic voters
  • February 24 2020
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The Washington Post: In state after state, climate change emerges as a key issue for Democratic voters

Climate change emerged as a front-burner issue in every state so far in this Democratic presidential primary season, in ways difficult to fathom only a few years ago.

An Obscure Issue Four Years Ago, Climate Emerged as a Top Concern in New Hampshire
  • February 12 2020
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Inside Climate News: An Obscure Issue Four Years Ago, Climate Emerged as a Top Concern in New Hampshire

Amid the over-the-top politicking that has come to define the first-in-the-nation primary, climate change rose from obscurity to a place among the top issues for Democratic voters. That marks a win for activists and several extraordinary campaigns in New Hampshire to elevate the recognition of climate as a crisis requiring political action.
How Important Is Climate Change In the New Hampshire Primary?
  • February 6 2020
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WGBH News: How Important Is Climate Change In the New Hampshire Primary?

With so many topics on the minds of New Hampshire voters, what impact, if any, will climate change have on Tuesday's "first in the nation" primary?
More U.S. Voters Than Ever Care About Climate - But Will They Go To The Polls?
  • December 26 2019
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The Guardian: More U.S. Voters Than Ever Care About Climate - But Will They Go To The Polls?

New poll shows climate and environment the top priority for 14% of voters, raising prospect of large turnout for green issues.
 Even in recent national elections, more than 15 million registered U.S. voters who 'strongly prioritize progressive environmental policies' have neglected to vote, according to the Environmental Voter Project. (Photo: Matt McClain/Getty Images)
  • September 24 2019
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Mother Nature Network: Millions of Environmentalists Are Registered to Vote in the U.S. But Don't. What if They Did?

Environmental issues tend to fall through the cracks in American politics, where they are often ignored, belittled or even denied by politicians. Yet this familiar political climate, much like Earth's climate, is more changeable than it might seem.

A home on stilts sits amid coastal waters and marshlands along Louisiana Highway 1 on Aug. 24, 2019, in Grand Isle, Louisiana. Drew Angerer / Getty Images
  • September 15 2019
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Buzzfeed News: Forget About The Climate Deniers. It’s The Climate Liars We Need To Stop.

The international scientific community is shouting from the rooftops that we have just 11 years to act to avert climate catastrophe. Yet it often seems like nobody is listening — climate denial thrives, and politicians are doubling down on fossil fuels in the face of a global emergency.

The Group Raising An NRA-Style ‘Army Of Environmental Super Voters’ Is Expanding
  • September 1 2019
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Huffpost: The Group Raising An NRA-Style ‘Army Of Environmental Super Voters’ Is Expanding

A year before the 2018 elections, Nathaniel Stinnett vowed to raise an “army of environmental super voters” to rival the National Rifle Association. His nonpartisan Environmental Voter Project ultimately persuaded 58,961 eco-conscious voters in six states to cast ballots for the first time last year.
The Environmental Voter Problem
  • August 1 2019
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Greentech Media: The Environmental Voter Problem

This week's episode of Political Climate looks at how many Americans care about climate issues, and how many of those people actually vote -- or don't.
Interview with Nathaniel Stinnett, Founder & Executive Director of the Environmental Voter Project
  • June 17 2019
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My Climate Journey: Interview with Nathaniel Stinnett, Founder & Executive Director of the Environmental Voter Project

Jason Jacobs (host of the My Climate Journey podcast) interviews Nathaniel Stinnett about The Environmental Voter Project.
Research for Change.
  • December 12 2016
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Boston College News: Research for Change

One of the U.S. environmental movement's biggest problems is that environmentalists don't vote, Environmental Voter Project founder and CEO Nathaniel Stinnett J.D. '05 said in his keynote remarks at Boston College's third Advancing Research and Scholarship Day.
Post-Election Breakdown with Nathaniel Stinnett from the Environmental Voter Project.
  • December 7 2016
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Eyes On Conservation: Post-Election Breakdown with Nathaniel Stinnett from the Environmental Voter Project

On today's show, we have a follow-up conversation with one of our most well-received guests on the show - Nathaniel Stinnett from the Environmental Voter Project.
  • November 22 2016
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Grist: Environmental Leaders on Hope and Progress in the Age of Trump

So now what? That’s the question those of us who care about the planet, its people — and, you know, basic human decency — have been asking since Election Day.
Environmentalists Don't Vote. This Man Will Change That With Big Data
  • November 8 2016
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Inc. Magazine: Environmentalists Don't Vote. This Man Will Change That With Big Data

He'd always been aware of a disconnect between how the majority of Americans feel about protecting the environment, and the way voters and politicians prioritize environmental issues. Seeing the data, he suddenly understood something disturbing: Environmentalists don't vote.
  • September 20 2016
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MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative Interviews Nathaniel Stinnett

Stinnett sat down with Environmental Solutions Initiative staff to discuss the Environmental Voter Project's research and mobilization work.
Eyes on Conservation logo.
  • August 24 2016
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Eyes On Conservation: Nathaniel Stinnett Explains Why Voting Is The Highest Form of Environmental Citizenship

If you're frustrated or perplexed by the marginal role that environmental issues almost always play in our elections - listen to this episode.
  • July 18 2016
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Grist: If you care about climate change, why aren't you voting?

Using data from the Environmental Voter Project, Grist has produced a great video on why it's so important for environmentalists to vote.
EVP website.
  • May 2 2016
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Our EveryAction Hero: The Environmental Voter Project

EveryAction's hero this month has one unique way of building the world they want: by getting environmentalists to go out and vote.
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  • April 26 2016
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Campaigns & Elections: The Science Behind Turning Out Environmental Voters

Gone are the days of targeting broad demographic groups who might swing an election. Now, data analytics and predictive modeling allow us to identify individual voters according to which candidates those voters are likely to support and which issues they’re likely to prioritize.
  • April 19 2016
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Columbia Daily Tribune: Concerned about the environment? Then vote.

As a Tarkio High School senior in April 1970, I didn't place Earth Day at the top of my priority list. Other than a few fumes inhaled while operating farm equipment, the air seemed plenty healthy and clean in my rural northwest Missouri community. Hogs and cattle smelled a little at times. "Smells like money," we would say. But pollution -- that was a city problem.

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