Greenwire launched in the early '90s — a reporter who left the NYT to start something of his own. It became part of E&E News in 2001. From there, 3 decades of energy and environment coverage — 5 presidents' worth of policy, politics, & the people who covered it in the weeds. It all ends this month.

One night only: The love, journalism Show LIVE Wednesday, Aug 5, 5:30pm ET. A growing lineup of special guests joining me — old E&E editors and colleagues — to talk 25 years of energy and environmental news: climate, public lands, oil, oil spills, nukes and more. Subscribe now for the link.

"The Fish" is still one of my most-read essays. Next up: live Wednesday, Aug 5, 5:30pm ET, co-hosting with Cy Zaneski a tribute to E&E News. You'll meet several of my old editors from over the years, plus more colleagues. Subscribe now & don't miss the link. www.lovejournalism.com/p/eenews-pol...

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A long farewell to the fruits of Environment & Energy Publishing, LLC

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In December 2007 I had no return ticket from Bali and no particular story in mind. One thing led to another and I ended up in a Borneo swamp with one of the great scientists of the 20th century. She died in March. I found out in June. This is what I wrote. www.lovejournalism.com/p/birute-gad...

Extinction when it comes

A tribute to Birute Gadilkas, three months late

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@volts.wtf on what @grist.org offered journalists like me in the early 2000s. Two words. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMQx...

"Freedom and Obscurity"

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David Roberts built a 440-episode clean energy podcast: @volts.wtf - Most people don't know why he became a podcaster in the first place. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlLE...

The wrist injury pivot

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It was such a great conversation and a long time coming @volts.wtf - I'm promising myself I'll make some clips too in the coming days since there's so much in this worth sharing.

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Drop by and watch me rant about journalism, climate, and other such topics!

New series: Power Lines. Decades of photos, dozens of countries — and somehow a power line snuck into the frame every time. An accidental archive, launched today at love, journalism. www.lovejournalism.com/p/power-line...

Power Lines

Introducing the love, journalism photo archives

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Something important is happening in Washington right now, mostly beneath the surface. E&E News - the trade publication that shaped the first quarter-century of my career - is shutting down, folded into Politico for good. www.lovejournalism.com/p/eenews-pol...

The Fish

A long farewell to the fruits of Environment & Energy Publishing, LLC

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David Roberts of @volts.wtf once tried to poach me. I stayed at E&E News. He built a 440-episode clean energy empire. A conversation a long time coming about the beat, the institutions that didn't make it, and what's left. New -> The love, journalism Show. www.lovejournalism.com/p/david-robe...

David Roberts Came to Bury E&E News. I Helped Build It.

The climate beat I left. The one he never did. And the summer that's making the argument for both of us.

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Wildfire smoke is choking American skies again this week. There used to be a whole newsroom whose job was covering exactly this kind of story, every day, for decades. It's been gradually folded into something else. Wrote about it: www.lovejournalism.com/p/eenews-pol...

The Fish

A long farewell to the fruits of Environment & Energy Publishing, LLC

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Lindsey Graham, a mushroom hunt, and the worst Appalachian Trail hike I've ever been on — a new essay on the Saturday a climate bill started to collapse, and what it cost to file the story from the trail: www.lovejournalism.com/p/worst-appa...

Worst Appalachian Trail Hike Ever

The Saturday Lindsey Graham ruined a perfectly good mushroom hunt

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RIP Sen. Lindsey Graham, 71. In 2010 he was a third of the "Three Amigos" — with Kerry and Lieberman — chasing 60 votes on climate. I covered it for E&E News. An essay and photo from outside the White House that spring: www.lovejournalism.com/p/kerry-grah...

Kerry, Graham, Lieberman, revisited

The Three Amigos at the White House trying to fight climate change on 3/9/10.

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Don't be friends with the band. Manu Raju channels his inner Lester Bangs for politics and policy journalists. youtu.be/Zle_S-4Lk9o

Manu Raju channels Lester Bangs - for politics and policy journalists

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Understanding Congress in 2 minutes with CNN's Manu Raju - He learned as a trade reporter, where you need to think on your toes and study the habits of lawmakers moving about the hill's labyrinth to find that next kernel or quote. www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6Jo...

Understanding Congress in 2 minutes with Manu Raju

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"We decided not to attend class that day." A senior year Ferris Bueller move — skipping school to watch Kerry Wood strike out 20 Astros. Manu Raju on the day that made him a Cubs fan for life. youtu.be/F6rWYKHsQgc

"The thing about journalism is it always wants more. No matter how much you give, it wants more and more and more." — Manu Raju, on the beat that never stops and the one night at Wrigley Field it did. New episode + essay: www.lovejournalism.com/p/manu-raju-...

Manu Raju's first pitch

Journalism always wants more. But for one night at Wrigley Field, something else was top of mind for this CNN reporter.

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Grateful to the National Press Club Journalism Institute for this piece on burnout and recovery. If any of this resonates — whether you're in journalism or not — I hope it helps. www.pressclubinstitute.org/2026/07/07/r...

Reclaiming the human behind the headline: Navigating burnout and recovery - Journalism Institute

Covering the White House and Capitol Hill during some of the most intense political cycles in modern American history might look like the pinnacle of professional success. But as the volume of informa...

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"There are alternative alliances being created that don't involve us." @susanpagedc.bsky.social on America's fracturing relationships at 250. The love, journalism Show youtu.be/6JuOP1kq-24

The Post-WWII Alliance System Is Fracturing | Susan Page on America at 250

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Queen Elizabeth privately told President @barackobama.bsky.social she was skeptical of Brexit and critical of how Cameron handled it. Views she never expressed in public. @susanpagedc.bsky.social discusses on The love, journalism Show. youtu.be/AmXoDdJlzI4

The Queen Privately Criticized Brexit — and Told Obama | Susan Page

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@susanpagedc.bsky.social — Washington bureau chief of USA TODAY and author of The Queen and Her Presidents — on Donald Trump's unlikely connection to Queen Elizabeth II, his Scottish mother's love of the monarchy, and what the Queen privately told him at their 2019 state dinner. youtu.be/Lu-yegn4JhY

Trump and the Queen: What She Saw | Susan Page on America at 250

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250 years after the divorce, I asked @susanpagedc.bsky.social what the Queen saw in us. Her book "The Queen and Her Presidents" lands just in time for America's 250th. www.lovejournalism.com/p/queen-eliz...

What Did the Queen See in Us?

Watch now | Susan Page on Queen Elizabeth II, the presidents and America at 250

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Hotmail is 30 on July 4. Back then, nobody was thinking about professional identity. Nobody was thinking about anything except: is this thing on? www.lovejournalism.com/p/30-years-o...

The original Substack turns 30

Hotmail celebrates a birthday (too) on July 4. Who's still got one?

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30 Years of Hotmail: Is this thing still on? Launched on July 4, 1996, our first digital identities were formed with our names and silly words www.lovejournalism.com/p/30-years-o...

The original Substack turns 30

Hotmail celebrates a birthday (too) on July 4. Who's still got one?

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A New York publisher. An elevator. An honest moment. Natalie Goldberg, author of Writing Down the Bones, shares the story of what a publisher told her cousin about becoming a writer — and why she thinks he wasn't wrong. www.youtube.com/watch?v=raSp...

Natalie Goldberg: The Elevator Story Every Writer Needs to Hear

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Natalie Goldberg, author of Writing Down the Bones, stopped writing for two years. At 78, she found her way back — through Bob Dylan. In this clip from The love, journalism Show, she talks about depression, determination, and the vow she made to just keep going. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGFq...

Natalie Goldberg's Bob Dylan Moment

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Writing Down the Bones turns 40 this year. I’ve given away a couple of my own dog-eared copies over the decades — and I’m apparently not alone, because Natalie Goldberg has sold millions and gone on to write 16 additional books. www.lovejournalism.com/p/natalie-go...

Natalie Goldberg called me back

Writing Down the Bones turns 40. I've been waiting 30 years for this conversation.

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When my dad was my age, he did something that didn't have a name yet. I was writing dispatches from Japan — Substack before Substack — and he printed every one. Saved the letters too. Bound it all and had it waiting when I came home. New essay for Father's Day: www.lovejournalism.com/p/fathers-day

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A Father's Day note from love, journalism

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"The work is still the work. Prizes are nice, but it's not the reason we do this." — @byrontau.bsky.social, Pulitzer Prize winner, on what winning actually changes. Full conversation on The love, journalism Show www.lovejournalism.com/p/byron-tau-...

That feeling when your mentee wins a Pulitzer

Byron Tau went from the Cheesecake Factory to a Pulitzer Prize - we crossed paths along the way

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At the Hall of Presidents, right before the robots, are the greatest hits: JFK's "ask not." Reagan's "tear down this wall." Bush on the bullhorn. Last is Obama — & the line Disney chose to define his presidency is one I had a direct hand in making happen. www.lovejournalism.com/p/obama-selm...

My journalism goes to Disney World

A 2015 Politico scoop about loving America finds its way into Obama's Selma speech — and then the Hall of Presidents

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