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E&E News
American news organization From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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- See, for example, this 2025 E&E Daily article, available to subscribers at either E&E News or Politico Pro.
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