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Many of us now realize that climate change and other environmental issues have become – quite literally – existential problems. So why are politicians still so unwilling to pass the laws and regulations that we desperately need?

When Stinnett - a veteran campaign strategist who has been involved with several U.S. Senate, congressional, state, and local races - saw the environment consistently low on lists of voter concerns, he wondered what was going on. Convinced that getting those people to the polls would be easier than getting non-believers to go green, Stinnett created the crowdfunded Environmental Voter Project.

As the Boston City Council election nears, clipboard-toting canvassers are busy stumping for their chosen candidate, working to get out the vote in a low-key race. But an environmental group now door-knocking in the neighborhoods isn’t trying to get anyone elected. Instead, the group is hoping to persuade inconsistent voters — the kind political campaigns typically ignore — to simply head to the polls.