POLITICO announces new chapter for energy and environmental journalism

Announcement from Chief Executive Officer Goli Sheikholeslami and Global Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Greenberger:

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As you know, POLITICO has long been the world’s leader for reporting, analysis, and intelligence around the politics and policy of energy. Energy was one of POLITICO’s very first Pro verticals 15 years ago, has been part of each of our geographic expansions and was bolstered considerably by our acquisition of the industry-leading E&E News six years ago.

In early February, we entered a new chapter by bringing together our U.S. POLITICO Energy and E&E News reporting teams into a single powerhouse, while simultaneously increasing coordination across the Atlantic between our U.S. and European reporting teams.

This unified team has already delivered market-leading coverage of energy politics surrounding the Iran War, collaborations on China’s energy clout and strong coverage of data center politics throughout the United States and Europe. It has also helped relaunch the POLITICO Energy Podcast and laid the groundwork for the POLITICO Pub at CERAWeek, the world’s leading energy conference.

At the Pub, in focus groups and through subscriber surveys, we have heard a consistent message from our audience: They want even more of POLITICO’s authoritative reporting that connects global energy policy developments, decisions in Washington and Europe, actions in the U.S. states, and changes across industry. They also want a more seamless product experience. Over the past four months, Debra Kahn and Joe Schatz have worked with colleagues across the company to develop a strategy to meet these goals.

Today, we are excited to share those changes with you. The timing is no coincidence. As we prepare for Wednesday’s Energy Summit in Washington and build on the momentum of last week’s Energy & Climate Forum in Brussels, one thing is clear: Energy sits at the center of many of the biggest stories we cover — and of POLITICO’s future.

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. By bringing together our reporting from Washington, U.S. state capitals, Europe, and across industry, these newsletters will help subscribers see how policy decisions, political fights, and market forces intersect to reshape energy and climate.

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. The current E&E News publication structure will evolve into a connected set of energy and environment editorial products that share our deep reporting and strong analysis while showcasing our greater global editorial coordination:

• Surge: A new global newsletter tracking how rising electricity demand — driven by AI, data centers and electrification — is reshaping politics, policymaking and industry across North America and Europe. Anchored by reporters on both sides of the Atlantic, Surge will serve as the front door to POLITICO’s global energy and infrastructure reporting, connecting developments across energy, technology, finance and government and helping readers understand the opportunities and tensions created by this transformation.  

• State Power: A new daily newsletter focused on the growing role of U.S. state governments in energy policy, from the grid and permitting to climate policy. It will draw on POLITICO’s policy reporting across key states, including our dedicated three-person Texas bureau. (A first look will run this Wednesday, with a full preview edition beginning July 1.) For our audiences who require the greatest depth in key states, we will also continue to publish energy and climate newsletters in California, New York and New Jersey.

• Morning Energy: Our flagship U.S. energy newsletter, guiding subscribers through the day’s agenda with deep reporting on Congress, federal energy policy and the developments Pro subscribers rely on most. 
• Power Moves: A daily guide to the intersection of U.S. industry and regulation, covering the decisions, players and forces shaping energy markets, carbon policy, mining, oil and gas, and renewables. 
• Morning Environment: A daily briefing on U.S. environmental policy, regulation and litigation, from clean air and water to public lands, wildlife and climate science. 
• In Europe, we will continue to publish Morning Energy and Climate Europe, Morning Energy and Climate UK, Morning Energie and Klima in Germany, and Energie et Climat Matin in France.  

To support this new publishing strategy, we will align our teams around the core coverage areas that define our energy and environment portfolio: Congress and the White House; state and regional power centers; Europe; regulators, regulation and industry; environmental policy; and transatlantic energy and climate politics. We will also designate editorial anchors responsible for shaping the voice and agenda of each newsletter. Jonathan, Debra and Joe will be meeting with the energy and environment teams today and tomorrow to discuss these plans in further depth.

Thank you to Debra, Joe and Laura Greenhalgh for driving the editorial vision; Toby Mergler, Kristin Longe and Kelsey Powers for ensuring that vision meets our clients' needs; Beth Diaz and the research team for surveying subscribers with speed and effectiveness; Michael Clarke, Madeleine Duffy and Zoha Qamar for building the product and audience infrastructure that made this possible; Liz Cramer and Rex Willis for helping our subscribers understand what these products mean for them; Jen Hurley for the financial stewardship that made this investment possible; and Alix Beadle-Ryby for holding all the threads together and driving this project across the finish line. And to Cally Baute — without whom this wouldn’t have been possible — thank you for the vision and commitment that made this a true publishing priority for POLITICO.