Politico’s Climate News Site Shutters A Year After Gov’t Turned Off Taxpayer Spigot
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- • Politico shuts down climate news site after gov't cancels $500k annual subscription.
- • E&E News is labeled a "desperate outlet" by Interior Press Secretary Charlotte Taylor.
- • Politico cites lack of funding as reason for discontinuing energy and environmental news product.
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Politico is discontinuing an energy and environmental news product. The decision comes a little over a year after the government canceled a nearly half a million dollar annual subscription to it. Department of the Interior Press Secretary Charlotte Taylor commented on a similar news outlet, E&E News, in June 2025.
The shutdown of Politico's climate news site matters because it follows a significant loss of government funding. The government had previously paid nearly half a million dollars annually for a subscription to the site.
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