Democrats have a head start on Republicans when it comes to courting Hispanic votes in 2016, and it has nothing to do with immigration reform or the economy. Hispanic voters tend to care a lot about climate change. While Republicans won’t acknowledge that climate change exists, congressional Democrats are planning to expand Latino outreach over environmental issues.

House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl Grijalva is organizing a series of ad hoc hearings around the country this year, focusing on issues like climate change, public health, land preservation, and environmental justice in communities of color. The Arizona Democrat’s goal is to hear from constituencies that are not always considered part of the environmental base—with a particular focus on Hispanic, African-American, and Native Americans.

“[The environment] hasn’t been seen as a diversity issue in the past,” Grijalva said in an interview last week. “Every community is affected by climate change. Some are affected more.”

Grijalva says Latino, African-American, and Native American leaders outside of Congress are making public lands and conservation a priority, and that recent polling showing Hispanics care—a lot—about climate change is far from a revelation to him.

According to a January survey from New York Times, Stanford University, and Resources for the Future, 67 percent of Hispanics see themselves being hurt personally—from moderately to "a great deal"—if nothing is done, compared to 50 percent of whites. While 65 percent of Hispanics think the government should contribute money to poor countries to adapt to climate change, only 32 percent of whites think the same. Another 63 percent support "a lot" or "a great deal" of government action against climate change versus 49 percent of whites.