Protester holds up sign that reads Climate Justice Now
  • September 20 2023
  • Blog posts

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!
People rally to end fossil fuels in New York Sunday ahead of the 78th United Nations General Assembly and Climate Ambition Summit.
  • September 18 2023
  • Press

NPR: Young people think climate change is a top issue but when they vote, it's complicated

Climate change is a major issue for young voters, but so far, it has not been a major mobilizing force in U.S. elections. Some environmental action groups see that changing.

Photo of the Georgia State Capitol
  • August 18 2023
  • Blog posts

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.
An image of utility meters
  • July 12 2023
  • Blog posts

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.
An aerial view of colored wetlands on Plum Island by the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge.
  • July 6 2023
  • Press

Boston Globe: The Environmental Voter Project's eye-catching innovations

The Boston-based nonprofit is doing important work in neglected electioneering areas. By Scot Lehigh, Columnist

Red ballot box with three stars on a blue background
  • July 5 2023
  • Press

Grist: These climate advocates don’t care about your carbon footprint. They care about whether you vote.

Why the Environmental Voter Project and its 6,000 volunteers are laser focused on getting more environmentalists to the polls.

Image of New York City from above
  • June 15 2023
  • Blog posts

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.
Rise of the Asian American Environmental Voter
  • May 22 2023
  • Reports & Studies

Rise of the Asian American Environmental Voter

The Environmental Voter Project (EVP) released a new report highlighting the disproportionately large numbers of Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) environmentalists identified by EVP's February 2023 predictive modeling data across all 19 states.
An image of utilitiy wires.
  • May 15 2023
  • Blog posts

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.
An image of a fracking well
  • April 24 2023
  • Blog posts

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.

 

Our 2018 Impact Report
  • April 6 2019
  • Blog posts

Our 2018 Impact Report

We've got big news. We've combed through voter files, crunched all the numbers, and now we're proud to provide you with a copy of the Environmental Voter Project's 2018 Impact Report.

Environmental Voter Project: 2017 Impact Report
  • March 21 2018
  • Blog posts

Environmental Voter Project: 2017 Impact Report

You wanted results? Well, here they are. The Environmental Voter Project is thrilled to release its second Annual Impact Report.

Sign the pledge: I will vote in every election!
  • August 2 2017
  • Blog posts

Sign the pledge: I will vote in every election!

Environmentalists need to start voting...and we need to start now.

Trump Climate Decision Could Wake "Sleeping Lion" That Is Environmental Voters
  • May 31 2017
  • Blog posts

Trump Climate Decision Could Wake "Sleeping Lion" That Is Environmental Voters

Statement from Environmental Voter Project Founder Nathaniel Stinnett on President Trump's Reported Decision To Pull The United States Out of the Paris Climate Accord.

Environmental Voter Project Gets Stunning First Year Results
  • March 28 2017
  • Blog posts

Environmental Voter Project Gets Stunning First Year Results

The Boston-based nonprofit that uses data analytics and behavioral science to identify non-voting environmentalists and turn them into consistent voters has just released the results from its first year of mobilizations.

Environmental Voter Project - 2016 Impact Report
  • March 28 2017
  • Blog posts

Environmental Voter Project - 2016 Impact Report

You wanted results. We gave you results. The Environmental Voter Project is thrilled to release our first Annual Impact Report.

Marching is Good. Voting is Better.
  • March 5 2017
  • Blog posts

Marching is Good. Voting is Better.

"Resistance" will be futile if those horrified by Trump's agenda don't commit themselves to becoming consistent voters in the future. Even if Trump loses in 2020, another right-wing reactionary will come down the pike sooner rather than later, and only sustained progressive turnout will prevent the next Trump from seizing power.

Care about the Environment? Here's what YOU can do right NOW
  • January 25 2017
  • Blog posts

Care about the Environment? Here's what YOU can do right NOW

Climate change denial...the decimation of clean air and water protections...even an all-out "War On Science." We live in scary times, and many of us are struggling to figure out how we, as individuals, can have a real impact during a Trump presidency.

New Year's Resolution: Vote in EVERY Election.
  • December 30 2016
  • Blog posts

New Year's Resolution: Vote in EVERY Election

Climate change is big and scary, and as we look ahead to a Trump presidency, many of us are struggling to figure out how we, as individuals, can have a real impact on climate policies.

Giving Tuesday: Help Mobilize 15 Million Environmentalists
  • November 21 2016
  • Blog posts

Giving Tuesday: Help Mobilize 15 Million Environmentalists

This year, it's never been more important to support organizations that will take back the electorate and fight climate change.

Raphael Warnock speaks into a microphone
  • December 9 2022
  • Press

NPR - Living On Earth: Green Voters Help Democrats

EVP Executive Director Nathaniel Stinnett joins Living on Earth Host Steve Curwood to take a look at the impact of environmentally focused voters at the ballot box during the midterm election season.

Raphael Warnock speaks into a microphone behind a podium that reads Reverend Raphael Warnock for US Senate
  • December 5 2022
  • Press

Daily Kos - Groups like the Environmental Voter Project see early voting success in Georgia runoff

The Environmental Voter Project found just one day before Georgia's runoff that more than 40% of environmentalists identified by the group had already cast their ballots.

Image of Planet Earth in background with text in the foreground that reads The Climate Pod
  • November 30 2022
  • Press

The Climate Pod: How Are Climate Voters Changing US Elections?

EVP Founder and Executive Director Nathaniel Stinnett joins The Climate Pod to talk about how environmental voters became the "silent surprise" of the US midterm elections and what that could mean for the runoff election in Georgia next week.

Young climate activists stage a ‘die-in’ across from the White House on Earth Day in April this year. Young teens lay down on the ground holding signs that read GCM 4 Climate and Climate Action Now
  • November 18 2022
  • Press

The Guardian - Voters pass historic climate initiatives in ‘silent surprise’ of US midterms

The electoral support at the state and local levels for more climate action comes as world leaders meet at Cop27

Voter with red shoes casting their vote at their polling place
  • November 11 2022
  • Press

The New Republic - The Midterms’ Surprising Lesson for 2024: Court the Climate Voter

While crime got a lot of attention during the midterms, just as many voters rated climate change as their top concern. Could this be the next big voting bloc?

Sign that reads "Vote Here - Voting"
  • November 7 2022
  • Press

NBC LX - Many Environmentalists are Voting in Their First Midterm Election. Could That Swing Close Races?

Half a million people who rank climate change their top issue are voting for the first time in a midterm election. Could that make a difference in close races in states like Texas, Florida, and Pennsylvania?

2 voters at their polling site next to a sign that reads VOTE HERE
  • November 7 2022
  • Press

Daily Kos - Over half a million new voters have already cast their ballots because of climate concerns

Climate change is most certainly on the ballot and groups like the Environmental Voter Project have done wonders to get out the vote for the sake of our planet.

A wood duck is spotted by the Tucson Audubon Society as they go birding in Reid Park on Oct. 29, 2022, in Tucson.
  • November 2 2022
  • Press

Arizona Republic - What do you get when you cross birders with elections? The goal is more environmental votes

The Tucson Audubon Society canvasses for the Environmental Voter Project to encourage people to take the environment into consideration when voting.

Protestors at the US capitol with signs calling on legislators to protect the planet
  • October 31 2022
  • Press

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.

I Voted sticker on pile of leaves
  • October 12 2022
  • Press

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.

Ready to make a difference with us?

Get Involved

Support our high-impact work

Donate to EVP