Politico Ends E&E News After EPA Subscription Cut
Politico is shutting down E&E News as a standalone brand, marking a major shift for the energy and environmental outlet it bought in 2020. The company said the publication will now be folded into Politico’s broader energy and environmental coverage.
The decision comes a little more than a year after the Trump administration ended a taxpayer-funded subscription to Politico and E&E News. In February 2025, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin canceled the agency’s membership, a move the agency said saved taxpayers $458,919 each year.
“Best $458,919 we ever saved on behalf of taxpayers,” an EPA spokesperson told The Daily Caller.
“The government shouldn’t subsidize poor journalism, and it’s a stinging indictment of the previous administration that they wasted so many hard-earned American tax dollars keeping this outlet afloat.”
At the time, Zeldin said on social media that the EPA would not renew its membership with Politico and Politico E&E because of the nearly half-million-dollar annual cost.
Politico said the change is part of a broader restructuring. CEO Goli Sheikholeslami and Global Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Greenberger said the outlet plans to launch two new energy-focused newsletters later this year.
“Beginning in September, we are modernizing how we deliver our energy and environmental policy journalism and launching a more focused, high-impact portfolio of daily news and intelligence products,” the executives told Semafor.
“As part of this shift, E&E News will no longer operate as a separate brand.”
“Its journalism and expertise will be fully integrated into POLITICO’s energy and environment portfolio of stories, briefs, analysis and newsletters.”
Politico declined further comment beyond its public announcement. E&E News had marketed itself as a subscription publication built around energy and environmental policy coverage, including daily newsletters and reports.
The outlet has also taken heat from Trump administration officials before. In 2025, Interior Department Press Secretary Charlotte Taylor called E&E News a “desperate outlet,” saying it relied heavily on government leaks and had limited readership.
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