E&E News
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Environment and Energy Publishing is a multi-service online publication that covers environmental and energy politics and policy. E&E was founded on October 1, 1998 by Kevin Braun and Michael Witt following their purchase of Environment & Energy Weekly (E&E Daily's earlier iteration) and Land Letter from the nonprofit Environmental and Energy Study Institute. Braun and Witt had managed these publications for a number of years before buying out EESI's ownership interest.
E&E Weekly was originally distributed in print every Monday morning inside the Beltway and by US mail to subscribers throughout the rest of the country, providing a detailed look at the legislative action surrounding all the environmental and energy bills in play on Capitol Hill. Today, it publishes several times a day online with a staff of 25 editors and reporters, and was the first online-only news organization to be accredited by both the Congressional Periodical Press Gallery and Congressional Radio-TV Gallery.
E&E’s 40,000 readers include congressional offices and committees, the White House, federal agencies and departments, law firms, lobbyists, environmental groups, financial institutions, major corporations, media companies, consultants, utilities, state and local governments, foreign governments, think tanks, universities, and international development organizations.
Environment and Energy Daily
Environment and Energy Daily is E&E Publishing’s bread and butter, covering the progress of legislation as it works its way from hearings and markups, through the House and Senate floors, to the President’s desk. In-depth stories are reported objectively and in their full political context, with links to the text of bills and reports. The Monday edition is designed as a preview of the week’s pending action.
In July 2005, the company launched E&E News PM, covering late-breaking news from Capitol Hill, including schedule changes, markup and floor vote results, and new bills and amendments. The Daily and the PM, edited by Colin Sullivan from San Francisco, are posted online Monday through Friday by 9:00 AM and 4:30 PM EST, except during extended congressional recesses. Subscribers receive editions via e-mail, as well as alerts for major breaking news. E&E has also published special editions on hot topics including coal-to-liquids technology, tidal power, new source review, and the 2006 congressional power shift; featuring side-by-side comparisons of bills proposed to address complicated environmental problems.
E&E staffers regularly appear on PBS's NewsHour, C-SPAN and NPR, and its news-breaking reporting is frequently cited by the Washington Post, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, AP and other mass-media organizations.
Greenwire
Greenwire was originally founded in 1991 by former New York Times reporter Phil Shabecoff and published by the American Political Network (APN), a company that also produced the online political daily Hotline. APN was purchased by National Journal in 1995. Greenwire initially provided "coverage of the coverage" reporting: the staff would review hundreds of newspapers every day and synthesize the day's environmental news into 20 or so stories that were sent out to paying subscribers. For a period of time it was edited by Chip Giller, who now runs the humorous and pro-environment site Grist.
When Environment & Energy Publishing bought Greenwire in October 2000, the company expanded its mission to incorporate original reporting and include energy issues as part of Greenwire's editorial scope. It’s now edited by David I. Leavitt, who oversees the wire stories; and Cy Zaneski, who edits original stories about environmental topics ranging from sustainable design to agriculture appropriations.
Greenwire publishes by 12:30 PM, Monday through Friday, year-round.
E&E TV
In January 2005, E&E launched E&E TV, a daily webcast designed for environment and energy policy professionals. Fifteen-minute episodes of OnPoint air every morning, at 10:00 AM, featuring interviews with top figures in the field including senators and House members, administration officials, academics and authors, and industry and environmental leaders. In the afternoon, E&E's reporters join E&ETV News Afternoon Update for a brief overview of the behind-the-scenes action on each day's leading stories.
The episodes are broadcast in high-quality Flash video from E&E’s Capitol Hill studios.
Land Letter
The oldest of E&E’s publications, Land Letter was originally founded in 1982 by William Chandler and operated under the Conservation Fund on a biweekly basis before being purchased by EESI in 1997. Now published at 10:00 AM every Thursday, Landletter focuses on natural resource issues in the West, from timber management to water resource allocation to energy development, in a comprehensive and nonpartisan style. The current editor of Landletter is Arthur O’Donnell.
Trivia
- A fire in E&E's building in early 1999 forced E&E's 10-person staff to relocate operations to Kevin's dining room and family room in Bethesda for a week. They continued to publish daily without missing a deadline.