E&E News

E&E News
Logo since Politico acquisition
Type
  • News organization
  • Trade publications
OwnerPolitico
Founders
  • Kevin Braun
  • Michael Witt
Executive editorCyril T. Zaneski
Founded1998
Headquarters1000 Wilson Blvd, 8th Floor[1]
CityArlington, Virginia, U.S.
Websitewww.eenews.net

E&E News (branded as E&E News by POLITICO; also known as Environment and Energy Publishing) is an American news organization that covers energy and the environment, as well as pertinent climate and natural resource policy news.[1] E&E News includes five publications: Climatewire, E&E Daily, Energywire, Greenwire, and E&E News PM.[2]

The organization was founded in 1998 and was acquired by Politico in 2020. At the time, the organization employed over 65 staff reporters and editors located across the United States.[3] Since the acquisition, Politico has integrated E&E News into its Politico Pro platform;[4] select content from E&E News publications can be accessed through either the E&E News or Politico Pro websites.[a]

History and business model

Environment and Energy Publishing was founded in 1998 by Kevin Braun and Michael Witt. The company launched with less than ten employees.[5][6] It was founded as a clipping service on Capitol Hill and later became a weekly newsletter. It was taken online by its founders in 2000. That year, their organization gained a group of subscribers when they bought Greenwire from the National Journal.[7]

In 2014, all E&E News content was locked behind paywalls.[7] As of 2025, select articles are available for non-subscribers.[8]

As a niche trade publication,[9] E&E targets institutions for subscriptions, including think tanks, energy companies, non-governmental organizations, law firms, and government agencies.[7] Institutional subscribers include universities such as the University of Iowa,[10] Indiana University,[11] and the University of Washington.[12] In 2014, annual subscriptions cost between $2,000 and $150,000, depending on the range of products subscribed to, and E&E Publishing employed roughly 75 journalists in ten cities across the United States.[7]

In 2018, E&E News announced that Kevin Braun would be stepping down as editor-in-chief while remaining an owner and principal. Bloomberg gave Braun's resignation as an example of the #MeToo movement's effects.[13] Cy Zaneski was named as Braun's successor.[14]

In May of 2018, E&E News, along with the Associated Press and CNN, was barred from a national summit on harmful water contaminants by the Trump administration's Environmental Protection Agency.[15] In July 2020, The Hill reported that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had cancelled its subscription to E&E News.[16]

E&E News was acquired by newspaper Politico in December 2020.[3][17] Terms of the deal were not disclosed.[18] Politico said it would keep the E&E News brand and its journalism in place.[19] As a property of Politico, E&E News has been bundled into Politico Pro, and an E&E subscription is now available as an addon to select Politico Pro packages.[20]

Publications and content

Until 2011, E&E News had a content-sharing partnership with The New York Times.[21] Pieces from E&E's Climatewire are sometimes republished by Scientific American.[7]

As of 2025, the E&E News suite of publications consists of:[4]

  • Climatewire (launched in 2008)[5]
  • Energywire (launched in 2012)[22]
  • Greenwire (acquired from the National Journal in 2000)[7]
  • E&E Daily
  • E&E News PM

The executive editor of E&E News is Cyril T. "Cy" Zaneski, as of 2025.[1]

In 2025, Politico stated that most subscribers to E&E News were in the private sector.[23]

Notes

  1. ^ See, for example, this 2025 E&E Daily article, available to subscribers at either E&E News or Politico Pro.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Meet the team". E&E News by POLITICO. Retrieved November 26, 2025.
  2. ^ "Frequently asked questions". E&E News by POLITICO. Retrieved November 26, 2025.
  3. ^ a b Cooke, Melissa (December 29, 2020). "Politico acquires E&E News". Politico. Retrieved November 26, 2025.
  4. ^ a b "What is included?". E&E News by POLITICO. Retrieved November 26, 2025.
  5. ^ a b Brainard, Curtis (April 1, 2008). "E&E News launches ClimateWire". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved November 26, 2025.
  6. ^ O'Connor, Maura R. (July 18, 2011). "E&E Publishing". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved November 26, 2025.
  7. ^ a b c d e f O'Donovan, Caroline (March 25, 2014). "E&E Publishing is spending a lot of money on reporting most people won't ever see". Nieman Lab. Retrieved November 26, 2025.
  8. ^ "Homepage". E&E News by POLITICO. Retrieved November 26, 2025.
  9. ^ Palleschi, Amanda (November 21, 2017). "Trump circus squeezes a key media niche on Capitol Hill". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved November 26, 2025.
  10. ^ "A-Z databases". University Libraries. University of Iowa. Retrieved November 26, 2025.
  11. ^ "A-Z databases". Libraries. Indiana University Bloomington. Retrieved November 26, 2025.
  12. ^ "A-Z databases". University Libraries. University of Washington. Retrieved November 26, 2025.
  13. ^ Griffin, Riley; Recht, Hannah; Green, Jeff (October 5, 2018). "#MeToo's first year ends with more than 425 accused". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved November 26, 2025.
  14. ^ Witt, Michael (January 5, 2018). "Editorial leadership change". E&E News. Archived from the original on February 10, 2018. Retrieved November 26, 2025.
  15. ^ Pandey, Erica (May 22, 2018). "Guards "forcibly" prevent AP reporter from attending EPA summit". Axios. Retrieved November 26, 2025.
  16. ^ Beitsch, Rebecca (July 30, 2020). "EPA cancels subscription to news outlet dedicated to covering it". The Hill. Retrieved November 26, 2025.
  17. ^ Cooper, Rebecca (December 30, 2020). "Politico acquires energy and environment-focused trade publication". Washington Business Journal. Retrieved November 26, 2025.
  18. ^ Alpert, Lukas I. (December 29, 2020). "Politico to acquire energy trade publication E&E News". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved November 26, 2025.
  19. ^ Frazin, Rachel (December 29, 2020). "Politico purchases E&E News". The Hill. Retrieved November 26, 2025.
  20. ^ "Compare Pro subscription packages". Politico Pro. Retrieved November 26, 2025.
  21. ^ Svoboda, Michael (January 31, 2012). "E&E: Covering climate change in the age of digital media". Yale Climate Connections. Retrieved November 26, 2025.
  22. ^ Braun, Kevin (March 5, 2012). "E&E launches EnergyWire". Environment and Energy Publishing. Retrieved November 26, 2025 – via PR Newswire.
  23. ^ Sheikholeslami, Goli; Harris, John (February 14, 2025). "A note to our readers". E&E News PM. Retrieved November 26, 2025.
allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwire