Making climate an election issue with EVP
You’d be surprised that some environmentalists don’t vote. The need for big congressional action on climate and the Supreme Court’s recent EPA ruling are both examples of why it’s so crucial for us to push climate to the forefront of campaign platforms during election season. For our July monthly call, CCL heard from guest speaker Nathaniel Stinnett, founder and executive director of Environmental Voter Project (EVP). Stinnett explained that EVP identifies individuals whose priority is climate, but who do not vote. Then, EVP engages in “behavior-changing” work to encourage environmentalists to vote. “The reason we are doing this is because we have identified that the climate movement and the broader environmental movement has a huge turnout problem,” Stinnett explains. For the 2022 midterm season, Stinnett’s group has already identified over 13 million unlikely to vote registered voters. By encouraging environmentalists of all political affiliations to vote, climate is sure to become a key issue for all parties during election season. You can help make that happen.
In other news this week: • Canadians receive dividend checks: This week, Canadian citizens will begin receiving a quarterly climate dividend check as part of the country’s carbon fee and dividend policy. You can read here about how CCL Canada helped make this happen. • Businesses speaking up: Businesses are urging Congress to come to an agreement on climate policies in the budget reconciliation package. You can read these sign-on letters from the solar industry and other notable companies here and here. • Regulating fine particulates: Check out one of the latest posts on Nerd Corner about the impact of the Supreme Court’s EPA ruling on regulating fine particulates. Read more here. |
