Environment and Energy Publishing was founded in 1998 by Kevin Braun and Michael Witt. The company launched with less than ten employees. 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. As a niche
trade publication, E&E targets institutions for
subscriptions, including
think tanks, energy companies, non-governmental organizations, law firms, and government agencies.
Indiana University, and the
University of Washington. 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. 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. Cy Zaneski was named as Braun's successor. 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. In July 2020,
The Hill reported that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had cancelled its subscription to E&E News. E&E News was acquired by newspaper
Politico in December 2020. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Politico said it would keep the E&E News brand and its journalism in place. 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. ==Publications and content==