Chuck McCutcheon

1 month ago | medium.com | Chuck McCutcheon

Chuck McCutcheon·Follow4 min read·--Richard Parker(A slightly different version of this ran in the Albuquerque Journal)Every few months or so for the last decade, I’d get a phone call. The greeting was always the same: “What’s going on? Whaddaya got?”It was Richard Parker, imitating one of our overcaffeinated editors from the 1990s at the Albuquerque Journal. Richard — who died last week at the way-too-young age of 61 — was far more than just an ex-newspaper colleague who easily made me laugh.

1 month ago | abqjournal.com | Chuck McCutcheon

Every few months or so for the last decade, I’d get an unexpected phone call. The greeting was always the same: “What’s going on? Whaddaya got?” It was Richard Parker, imitating one of our overcaffeinated editors from the 1990s at the Albuquerque Journal. Richard — who died last week at the way-too-young age of 61 — was far more than just an ex-newspaper colleague. He changed my life for the better. kAm%9:CEJ J62CD 28@[ >J 42C66C 2D 2 C6A@CE6C 76=E F?7F=7:==:?8] tG6? E9@F89 x =@G65 =:G:?8 :?

2 months ago | axios.com | Nick Sobczyk |Chuck McCutcheon

Sen. Mitch McConnell's retirement marks the departure of one of coal's biggest champions, Nick and Chuck write. Why it matters: McConnell, a fierce defender of Kentucky's coal industry, was at the forefront for the GOP in virtually every energy battle of the past two decades. Driving the news: McConnell, 83, announced Thursday that he won't seek reelection in 2026. • He led the Senate GOP from 2007 until last month.

2 months ago | axios.com | Chuck McCutcheon

Senate Budget Chair Lindsey Graham released a budget resolution Friday calling for "unleashing American energy production through on and offshore lease sales" and repealing the Biden administration's methane fee. Why it matters: Graham had vowed earlier this week to mark up a resolution next week to start on the Senate's two-bill reconciliation strategy while the House struggles with its own one-bill path.

Jan 9, 2025 | axios.com | Chuck McCutcheon

The Energy Department sees numerous challenges to finding a second spot to permanently bury nuclear waste from weapons plants — including proving the need for one to Congress, a new report says. Why it matters: New Mexico officials required DOE in 2023 to study finding a new waste repository located outside the state. Context: The state already hosts the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), the nation's first deep geologic burial site for radioactive rubbish, in its southeastern corner.