EVP Executive Director Nathaniel Stinnett spoke with Boston Public Radio about the recent West Virginia v EPA Supreme Court decision and the role that EVP is playing in getting non-voting environmentalists to change their ways.
The Environmental Voter Project wants to turn infrequent voters who care about the environment into a force that can swing elections.
WBUR: What Voter Suppression in Places like Texas means for the Climate
Voters who care about climate change are also most likely to be hurt by voter suppression laws, writes Nathaniel Stinnett.
theSkimm: What Your Vote in the Midterms Can Mean for Climate Change
4 (Solvable) Reasons We're Losing The Fight Against Climate Change.
Nathaniel Stinnett talked about efforts to increase voting numbers among environmentalists. Stinnett is founder and executive director of the Environmental Voter Project.
Important Not Important Podcast: Peer Pressure Works
Over the past few years, more and more voters have cited “action on climate” as a reason for voting the way they do. But lots of voters who are registered, and even those who do vote in presidential elections – don’t turn out for midterms.
The Environmental Voter Project has spent years identifying and mobilizing environment-first voters. Their recent research found nearly 1 million environmentalists who voted in the 2020 presidential election but have never voted in a midterm election. Nathaniel Stinnett, founder and executive director of the Environmental Voter Project, joins Host Steve Curwood to talk about why these so-called environmental drop-off voters could be decisive in the 2022 midterms if they show up at the polls.
Yahoo News: Climate Change Activists Look to Increase Voter Turnout in 2022 and Beyond
When engineering geologist Betsy Mathieson, 66, thought about her retirement, she imagined putting her scientific expertise to use by volunteering for an environmentalist organization like the Sierra Club. But when the U.S. elected climate change denier Donald Trump president in 2016, she decided to retire early to volunteer on increasing voter turnout.
Why a National Environmental Group Got Involved in a Small Georgia DA's Race
At the end of 2020, the world turned its eyes to Georgia, where two US Senate races were going to runoff elections on January 5th. These races would ultimately decide control of the US Senate, and a stunning $937 million were spent before Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff each claimed victory.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
Our Daily Planet: Interview of the Week, Nathaniel Stinnett CEO, Environmental Voter Project
ODP: New polling by Data For Progress shows that progressive climate policies are popular in key battleground states and voters seem to be motivated to vote due to climate and environmental issues. But that has not been true in the past. Why is this election different? Or is it?
Climate One: Will Climate Matter in the Election?
The 2020 elections have moved climate change to the political mainstage in ways Americans haven’t seen before. For the first time, candidates were competing to declare themselves “the climate candidate” and debated their action plans with compelling urgency.
Citizens' Climate Lobby Guest Speaker: Nathaniel Stinnett
When Nathaniel Stinnett found out that environmentalists, by and large, were staying home on election day, he saw a problem in need of a solution. That’s why in 2015 he launched the Environmental Voter Project, which identifies environmentalists who don’t vote and reaches out to get them to the polls.
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.