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Why Isn’t the Climate Movement Voting? | Nathaniel Stinnett | TED

Millions of people say they care deeply about climate change … yet they’re not showing up at elections to turn their concern into political power, says environmental voting advocate Nathaniel Stinnett. He explains why increasing voter participation is essential to advancing the climate movement and shows how his team is mobilizing millions of new environmental…

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Millions of people say they care deeply about climate change … yet they’re not showing up at elections to turn their concern into political power, says environmental voting advocate Nathaniel Stinnett. He explains why increasing voter participation is essential to advancing the climate movement and shows how his team is mobilizing millions of new environmental voters — without talking about climate change at all.

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39 Comments

  1. @jueshua148

    August 6, 2024 at 9:26 am

    Politicians who push this “Climate Change” nonsense are buying property on the coast. Make it make sense.

  2. @vesawuoristo4162

    August 6, 2024 at 9:29 am

    I am voting

  3. @trader2137

    August 6, 2024 at 9:31 am

    climate change movement should be in jail

  4. @Iconoclasher

    August 6, 2024 at 9:35 am

    We see it as a losing battle. In the next ten years the US is expected to go all electric, solar, wind etc. In the meantime China, India etc will be firing up a thousand new coal power plants negating any advance in climate engineering here. Plus we’ll be stuck with all the disadvantages.

  5. @dncbot

    August 6, 2024 at 9:44 am

    I’m so happy you don’t vote. You would ruin the economy, and then climate would be even more challenged, and our ability to adapt to changes worsened.

    Even of you did not ruin the economy, the politics would not have much success anyway. The big nations like China will ensure that.

    “We all have to do our part” is purely an emotional argument, it doesn’t do anything else.

    Go nuclear, keep the economy healthy, adapt to change. That’s the real solution.

    Btw: the authoritarian vibes of this guy give me the chills. 😬

  6. @Optimistic_Fool

    August 6, 2024 at 9:45 am

    Lol, you are never going to solve the climate problem pretending we live in some fantasy land of representative democracy. We live in a corporatocracy. Voting for someone who was chosen by a process funded by large donors is counterproductive, and telling people that if they only voted with this priority is more a projection of the speakers political ingorance that an actual plan. Lmao, you actually compared a government to a corporation. Both sides in our political duopoly are corperatist parties, so even if people were climate voters, they would not have anyone to represent that interest. Need an example, the permitting for drilling increased in permits issued ever year regardless of which party is in power. If you need an example of people voting for specific issues and nothing changing, abortion. Also, people did vote for a climate candidate once, and SCOTUS stole that election, but you just keep telling people to believe in the system and that you have an effective plan.

  7. @Zerobob26

    August 6, 2024 at 9:48 am

    Climate activists don’t want to get involved in the difficult scientific and political details of solving climate change, so of course they don’t vote… It’s much easier to simply blame others and revel in their narcissistic activism.

  8. @monad41

    August 6, 2024 at 10:02 am

    Been in or following this movement for a long time.

    Eventually you discover most of the science and studies are inaccurate or even faked. If we had the ability to closely examine this mans personal beliefs and behaviors we would discover none of this actions match what he says. He is an average intelligence professional bureaucrat. He wants more funding and power. Nothing more.

    The real extensional threat to earth is the sun. It’s been ramping up activity for the last 40 years. Evidence suggests it’ll be a disaster for humanity by 2040/50.

    Yet none of these cosplaying activists are talking about it or its actively being suppressed.

  9. @johnbeckwith8313

    August 6, 2024 at 10:07 am

    Climate Change is REAL. However, it is NOT a CLIMATE CRISIS. Mankind has been able to adapt to a changing environment since Adam and Eve. All is well. ❤😊

    • @hopefulkoala01435

      August 6, 2024 at 10:53 am

      Until someone called Noah gets the nod to build the ark…

  10. @jonathanwiswell3365

    August 6, 2024 at 10:39 am

    Shock, hippies are at home stoned being apathetic.

  11. @humanemaths

    August 6, 2024 at 10:42 am

    Interesting. Would love to know how this turns out.

  12. @vickie1359

    August 6, 2024 at 11:19 am

    Electricity is not the answer , manufacturing left when pollution control was implemented …. ?¿ now they want to kill anything that breaths oxygen 🙄

  13. @unholyrevenger72

    August 6, 2024 at 11:45 am

    Politicians are bought and paid for.

  14. @fipachu

    August 6, 2024 at 12:34 pm

    When the „Green” Party got to power in Germany they started axing nuclear power plants. They were replaced by coal plants. And whole towns were demolished to make place for strip mines, to mine low purity high sulfur coal for the coal plants.

    And apparently these misguided efforts were continued up until 2023 when the last nuclear power plant in Germany shut down. They are slowly replacing coal with renewable, but that’s hardly optimal (and nowhere near to fast enough) – for minimal environmental impact you make all the electricity you can from nuclear, then you replace coal and gas with renewable and only then you can start gradually phasing out nuclear in favor of renewables.

    Nuclear power plants kill fewer people per kilowatt than coal plants. It’s that simple. The waste products are way more manageable too.

    I’m not saying every green politician is secretly a coal addict, it’s just one insane thing that happened in one purportedly reasonable country.

  15. @briannorth2857

    August 6, 2024 at 12:39 pm

    I understand the message about the 2020 Presidential Election being decided by a small percentage – does this mean the only other option available to us was a better one? Genuinely curious.

  16. @RickLambert963

    August 6, 2024 at 12:44 pm

    According to who’s science? When did voting become a part of the scientific method?

    • @robertmarmaduke186

      August 6, 2024 at 9:09 pm

      The Medeival Universal Church who threw Galileo and Copnicus in the dungeon, called themselves ‘The One True Science.” The Bolsheviks under Lenin seized power with the slogan “Communalism is the One True Science.’ Al Gore bought the © in 2006.

  17. @Purplekitty456

    August 6, 2024 at 1:24 pm

    Varys makes a lot of good points. Thank you for this information! I’ve not voted in one election thus far and was considering not doing so again. Reconsidering now.

  18. @DJVesperX

    August 6, 2024 at 2:02 pm

    Gore won 2000

  19. @marckiefer4708

    August 6, 2024 at 2:05 pm

    Hilarious that these climate activists continue to double down. There is NO CLIMATE CRISIS! Go away.

  20. @LaplacianFourier

    August 6, 2024 at 2:27 pm

    Young people who talk so much about these are lazy when it comes to just casting their vote. Go figure!

  21. @r2stik

    August 6, 2024 at 2:52 pm

    SO NAIVE!!🎉 YOU HAVE TO FEED 11,5 B PEOPLE ON THE GLOBE! STOP DESTROING THE WOODS! JUST STOP! START PLANTING THE TREES AND WATER THEM!!

  22. @thethegreenmachine

    August 6, 2024 at 3:13 pm

    He’s wrong about their top motivation. It’s not winning elections. It’s earning campaign funds.

  23. @moastray5093

    August 6, 2024 at 6:33 pm

    People arent voting because they dont trust the goverment

  24. @DerickStason

    August 6, 2024 at 7:47 pm

    !I recently sold some of my long-term position and currently sitting on about 250k, do you think Nvidia is a good buy right now or I have I missed out on a crucial buy period, any good stock recommendation on great performing stocks will be appreciated

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      August 6, 2024 at 7:48 pm

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      August 6, 2024 at 7:48 pm

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    • @palsevAndrew

      August 6, 2024 at 7:49 pm

      My colleagues had a good laugh at me when I told them I started my journey with $50k capital and how I accumulated over 6 figures within a span of 7 months. They never believed me until I pulled out my P&L.

      I know that learning the ins and outs of the market isn’t for everyone, that’s why personally, Bruce Murdock oversees my investments.

    • @perryVancen

      August 6, 2024 at 7:49 pm

      Without a doubt! Bruce Murdock is a trader who goes above and beyond. he has an exceptional skill for analyzing market movements and spotting profitable opportunities. His strategies are meticulously crafted based on thorough research and years of practical experience.

    • @DerickStason

      August 6, 2024 at 7:49 pm

      nice! once you hit a big milestone, the next comes easier. How can i reach him if you don’t mind me asking?

  25. @rainmanjr2007

    August 6, 2024 at 9:37 pm

    What a pathetic species we are.

    • @yehudah818

      August 6, 2024 at 10:20 pm

      On the contrary. Human is the jewel in the crown of Gods Creation.

  26. @BenLukeSmith

    August 6, 2024 at 11:21 pm

    Hey this is random, but I wanted to reach out to the followers of this page. I believe that Jesus Christ, God the Son, is coming back soon to rapture His Church so I wanted to reach out to as many as possible. Please remember that there is only God that leads to Heaven, the Trinity (God the Father, God the Son Jesus Christ, and God the Holy Spirit) and it’s about a personal relationship through Jesus Christ (John 14:6 ESV). Blessings.

  27. @andycordy5190

    August 7, 2024 at 5:58 am

    Brilliant, impassioned speech. Thank you!

  28. @philgordon381

    August 7, 2024 at 7:30 am

    Great presentation! The Environmental Voter Project is doing great work! I particularly value that EVP uses randomized controlled trials to measure their impact, and that their results are reproducibly significant! I’ve become an EVP volunteer, because my effort can make a difference.

  29. @tildesk

    August 7, 2024 at 8:50 am

    I agree that we need to vote, but, climate isn’t my biggest concern. It is a BIG concern, but not as big as say, losing all my rights as a woman.

  30. @lisizecha9759

    August 7, 2024 at 4:29 pm

    Kamala got you covered, so go and vote

  31. @Plasmafox

    August 8, 2024 at 1:21 am

    We did!! We voted in clean water and air laws and our leaders allowed corporations to flee the country and just pollute asia and south america instead, where we can’t vote for change. The current “climate movement” is astroturf by the oil industry that revolves around taking responsibility off of the powerful and placing it on the shoulders of regular working class individuals. Nobody wants to vote for that.

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