In the final days before the presidential election, roughly 2,000 volunteers from all around the country are spending hours calling voters across 19 states. Their objective? Get people who care about climate change to the polls, particularly those who didn’t show up in the last presidential election.
You might expect that this volunteer force, gathered by the nonprofit Environmental Voter Project, would talk about a particular candidate. After all, Vice President Kamala Harris, a Democrat who cast the deciding vote for the biggest climate bill in Congress’ history, contrasts sharply with former President Donald Trump, a Republican who rolled back dozens of environmental protections and pulled the United States out of the Paris climate agreement. Though it’s true that most voters who prioritize climate change pick Democratic tickets, phone bankers…
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