Environment and Energy Publishing
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Environment & Energy Publishing LLC is a multi-service online media company that covers environmental and energy policy and markets. Based in Washington, D.C., it publishes global energy and environmental news and several times daily reporting from Capitol Hill.
E&E’s 40,000 100% paid readership includes congressional offices and committees, the White House
, federal agencies, 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.
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
and AP.
. 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.
When E&E 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 is now edited by Amy Carlile, who oversees the wire stories; and Cy Zaneski, who edits original stories about environmental topics ranging from climate change to sustainable design to agriculture appropriations.
Greenwire publishes by 12:30 pm, Monday through Friday, year-round.
and operated under the Conservation Fund on a biweekly basis before being purchased by EESI in 1997. Now published at 2:00 pm every Thursday, Land Letter focuses on natural resource issues in the West, from timber management to water resource allocation to energy development.
The episodes are broadcast in Flash video from E&E’s Capitol Hill studios.
. 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 U.S. 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, E&E publishes in online format several times a day with a staff of over 50 editors and reporters. E&E was the first online-only news organization to be accredited by both the Congressional Periodical Press Gallery and Congressional Radio-TV Gallery.
In December 2007 E&E purchased a competing news service, Green Sheets, from Congressional Quarterly. E&E also opened a West Coast bureau, based in San Francisco, to expand coverage of California and the Pacific Rim, and a New York City bureau opened in March 2008.
E&E’s 40,000 100% paid readership includes congressional offices and committees, the White House
White House
The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical...
, federal agencies, 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.
E&E staffers regularly appear on PBS's NewsHour, C-SPAN
C-SPAN
C-SPAN , an acronym for Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network, is an American cable television network that offers coverage of federal government proceedings and other public affairs programming via its three television channels , one radio station and a group of websites that provide streaming...
and NPR
NPR
NPR, formerly National Public Radio, is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to a network of 900 public radio stations in the United States. NPR was created in 1970, following congressional passage of the Public Broadcasting...
, and its news-breaking reporting is frequently cited by the Washington Post, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
and AP.
Environment & Energy Daily
Environment & Energy Daily covers 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 in political context, with links to the text of bills and reports. E&E Daily, is posted online by 9 am EST, Monday through Friday except during extended congressional recesses. The Monday edition is designed as a preview of the week’s impending action.ClimateWire
ClimateWire was introduced on March 10, 2008. A daily news service edited by veteran Wall Street Journal reporter John Fialka, it provides top-tier coverage of national and global climate issues. Areas of focus include US state programs, US federal legislation, the development of a post-Kyoto climate regime, Kyoto protocol implementation issues, natural resource effects from a changing climate and how corporations are adapting to a greenhouse gas constrained world. ClimateWire also reports on: alternative energy finance, research and deployment; US federal agency programs, and the science of climate change.Greenwire
Greenwire was 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 HotlineHotline
In telecommunication, a hotline is a point-to-point communications link in which a call is automatically directed to the preselected destination without any additional action by the user when the end instrument goes off-hook...
. APN was purchased by National Journal
National Journal
National Journal is a nonpartisan American weekly magazine that reports on the current political environment and emerging political and policy trends. National Journal was first published in 1969. Times Mirror owned the magazine from 1986 to 1997, when it was purchased by David G. Bradley...
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.
When E&E 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 is now edited by Amy Carlile, who oversees the wire stories; and Cy Zaneski, who edits original stories about environmental topics ranging from climate change to sustainable design to agriculture appropriations.
Greenwire publishes by 12:30 pm, Monday through Friday, year-round.
E&ENews PM
In July 2005, the company launched E&ENews PM, covering late-breaking news from Capitol Hill and around the world. E&ENews PM is posted Monday through Friday by 4:30 pm EST.Land Letter
The oldest of E&E’s publications, Land Letter was founded in 1982 by William ChandlerWilliam Chandler
William Chandler may refer to:*William E. Chandler United States Secretary of the Navy and senator*William Henry Chandler American pastel artist*William W. Chandler engineer...
and operated under the Conservation Fund on a biweekly basis before being purchased by EESI in 1997. Now published at 2:00 pm every Thursday, Land Letter focuses on natural resource issues in the West, from timber management to water resource allocation to energy development.
E&ETV
In January 2005, E&E launched E&ETV, a daily webcast designed for environment and energy policy professionals. Fifteen-minute episodes of the program "OnPoint" air every morning, at 10 am, featuring interviews with top figures in the field including senators and House members, administration officials, academics and authors, and industry and environmental leaders.The episodes are broadcast in Flash video from E&E’s Capitol Hill studios.
History
E&E was founded on October 1, 1998, by Kevin Braun and Michael Witt following their purchase of Environment & Energy Weekly (E&E Dailys earlier iteration) and Land Letter from the nonprofit Environmental and Energy Study InstituteEnvironmental and Energy Study Institute
The Environmental and Energy Study Institute was established by members of the United States Congress who were concerned with environmental and energy problems...
. 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 U.S. 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, E&E publishes in online format several times a day with a staff of over 50 editors and reporters. E&E was the first online-only news organization to be accredited by both the Congressional Periodical Press Gallery and Congressional Radio-TV Gallery.
In December 2007 E&E purchased a competing news service, Green Sheets, from Congressional Quarterly. E&E also opened a West Coast bureau, based in San Francisco, to expand coverage of California and the Pacific Rim, and a New York City bureau opened in March 2008.