Chuck McCutcheon
@chuckmccutcheon.bsky.social
Energy/climate editor at @Axios.com. Author of books on climate change, Congress, political jargon, nuclear waste. Long-suffering NY Giants fan.
New from @amyaharder.bsky.social: Commonwealth Fusion Systems, leveraging data from Siemens and an AI platform from Nvidia, is creating what it calls a "digital twin" of its demonstration machine to speed progress toward commercial fusion.
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This fusion energy startup aims to use AI to speed breakthroughs
Fusion, the energy that powers stars, has long had unrealized potential to provide clean, stable electricity.
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January 6, 2026 at 4:35 PM
New from @amyaharder.bsky.social: Commonwealth Fusion Systems, leveraging data from Siemens and an AI platform from Nvidia, is creating what it calls a "digital twin" of its demonstration machine to speed progress toward commercial fusion.
www.axios.com/2026/01/06/n...
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I found this therapeutic to write 🙏
How AI is affecting me as a human (and journalist) www.axios.com/2026/01/06/a... via @axios.com
How AI is affecting me as a human (and journalist) www.axios.com/2026/01/06/a... via @axios.com
How AI is affecting me as a human (and journalist)
We're all living experiments in AI's effects: the good, the bad and the unknown.
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January 6, 2026 at 3:38 AM
I found this therapeutic to write 🙏
How AI is affecting me as a human (and journalist) www.axios.com/2026/01/06/a... via @axios.com
How AI is affecting me as a human (and journalist) www.axios.com/2026/01/06/a... via @axios.com
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Tesla sales fall to lowest point since 2022 after Elon Musk backlash
Tesla sales fall to lowest point since 2022
Vehicle sales are critical to funding CEO Elon Musk's AI ambitions.
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January 2, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Tesla sales fall to lowest point since 2022 after Elon Musk backlash
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The United States is seeking a massive surge in flu cases this winter.
Here's what to know.
Here's what to know.
"Super flu" surge: What to know about spiking flu cases and the surging "Super K" variant
The flu is back and joins COVID and norovirus as diseases hitting the US this month.
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December 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The United States is seeking a massive surge in flu cases this winter.
Here's what to know.
Here's what to know.
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The U.S. is undergoing its fastest religious shift in modern history, marked by a rapid increase in the religiously unaffiliated and numerous church closures nationwide.
The great unchurching of America
A seismic shift in religion is upon U.S.
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December 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The U.S. is undergoing its fastest religious shift in modern history, marked by a rapid increase in the religiously unaffiliated and numerous church closures nationwide.
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2025's wild ride: The AI energy boom, climate rethinks and surprises galore www.axios.com/2025/12/22/a... via @axios.com
2025's wild ride: The AI energy boom, Bill Gates' climate shift and surprises galore
This year took humanity on a wild ride — and energy was no exception.
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December 22, 2025 at 5:44 PM
2025's wild ride: The AI energy boom, climate rethinks and surprises galore www.axios.com/2025/12/22/a... via @axios.com
New from me: Bipartisan talks to overhaul federal agencies' permitting efforts are dead unless the Trump administration reconsiders its halt of offshore wind projects, two key Democrats say.
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Democrats: Permitting talks dead with Trump wind freeze
Sens. Martin Heinrich and Sheldon Whitehouse said the move shows White House isn't serious about overhauling permitting.
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December 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
New from me: Bipartisan talks to overhaul federal agencies' permitting efforts are dead unless the Trump administration reconsiders its halt of offshore wind projects, two key Democrats say.
www.axios.com/2025/12/22/p...
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New from me: The House passed a bill that would streamline and speed up agencies' environmental reviews for energy and other projects — but it faces major changes in the Senate.
www.axios.com/2025/12/18/h...
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House passes bill that could speed up energy projects, but Senate plans major changes
A faster process for green-lighting projects is of paramount importance to business groups.
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December 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
New from me: The House passed a bill that would streamline and speed up agencies' environmental reviews for energy and other projects — but it faces major changes in the Senate.
www.axios.com/2025/12/18/h...
www.axios.com/2025/12/18/h...
Nice exclusive from @amyaharder.bsky.social: A new kind of AI-supercharged composting bin will turn fruit and vegetable scraps at Whole Foods into chicken feed — which will then help produce the grocer's own eggs.
www.axios.com/2025/12/16/a...
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Exclusive: Whole Foods to launch new AI food recycle technology. Here's what it does
"Waste is one of the largest sectors of the economy that most folks in our industry overlook," Mill's Matt Rogers says.
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December 16, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Nice exclusive from @amyaharder.bsky.social: A new kind of AI-supercharged composting bin will turn fruit and vegetable scraps at Whole Foods into chicken feed — which will then help produce the grocer's own eggs.
www.axios.com/2025/12/16/a...
www.axios.com/2025/12/16/a...
Ford is rethinking its EV and battery strategy, dropping the all-electric version of the F-150 Lighting and putting more into hybrid trucks and energy storage to support data centers and grid stability.
www.axios.com/2025/12/15/f...
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Ford pivoting to hybrids, dropping all-electric F-150, sees $20B in charges
By 2030, about 50% of Ford's global volume will be hybrids, extended-range EVs and electric vehicles.
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December 15, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Ford is rethinking its EV and battery strategy, dropping the all-electric version of the F-150 Lighting and putting more into hybrid trucks and energy storage to support data centers and grid stability.
www.axios.com/2025/12/15/f...
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Exclusive from @amyaharder.bsky.social: Fusion hasn't actually arrived in reality, but a bipartisan group of lawmakers is already looking to make sure it sticks around in Washington.
www.axios.com/2025/12/15/f...
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Exclusive: New bill shows both parties are all-in on fusion
It would codify an Office of Fusion at the Energy Department.
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December 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Exclusive from @amyaharder.bsky.social: Fusion hasn't actually arrived in reality, but a bipartisan group of lawmakers is already looking to make sure it sticks around in Washington.
www.axios.com/2025/12/15/f...
www.axios.com/2025/12/15/f...
New from me: Commonwealth Fusion's Bob Mumgaard often discusses the complexities of fusion — but increasingly he's talking about building the sites to make it happen.
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Fusion power isn't here. But Commonwealth Fusion progresses on building for it
Fusion has been mostly about science, "but now it's ready to be about building facilities," Bob Mumgaard says.
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December 11, 2025 at 2:47 PM
New from me: Commonwealth Fusion's Bob Mumgaard often discusses the complexities of fusion — but increasingly he's talking about building the sites to make it happen.
www.axios.com/2025/12/11/c...
www.axios.com/2025/12/11/c...
Breaking news from @bengeman.bsky.social: A federal judge nullified President Trump's January memo that's the partial basis for stymieing new federal permitting and leasing for wind projects.
www.axios.com/2025/12/08/t...
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Trump offshore wind halt illegal, judge rules
Administration officials have been especially aggressive in targeting offshore wind projects.
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December 9, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Breaking news from @bengeman.bsky.social: A federal judge nullified President Trump's January memo that's the partial basis for stymieing new federal permitting and leasing for wind projects.
www.axios.com/2025/12/08/t...
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🗳️Potential 2028 vibes? Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego dropped a new #energy plan. He's a potential White House hopeful. The plan is very much of this political moment: very heavy on affordability, #climate is there but far from the A message. www.axios.com/2025/12/03/g...
Gallego launches cost-focused energy plan amid 2028 chatter
His plan arrives as energy costs are atop the political radar.
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December 3, 2025 at 4:33 PM
🗳️Potential 2028 vibes? Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego dropped a new #energy plan. He's a potential White House hopeful. The plan is very much of this political moment: very heavy on affordability, #climate is there but far from the A message. www.axios.com/2025/12/03/g...
New from me: A geothermal company made a startling discovery in Nevada desert with the help of AI -- www.axios.com/2025/12/04/n...
This geothermal energy company makes startling discovery in remote Nevada desert
Geothermal is the rare alternative energy source with wide bipartisan backing.
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December 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
New from me: A geothermal company made a startling discovery in Nevada desert with the help of AI -- www.axios.com/2025/12/04/n...
From @bengeman.bsky.social: This economist has a plan to make your electricity bill easier to read --
www.axios.com/2025/12/02/e...
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This economist has a plan to make your electricity bill easier to read
Too many bills look like "an accountant in 1982 got free [rein] and no one took a look," Maximilian Auffhammer writes.
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December 2, 2025 at 10:13 PM
From @bengeman.bsky.social: This economist has a plan to make your electricity bill easier to read --
www.axios.com/2025/12/02/e...
www.axios.com/2025/12/02/e...
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The next shake-up in federal vaccine policy. www.axios.com/newsletters/...
Axios Vitals - 1 big thing: The next shake-up in vaccine policy
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December 1, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The next shake-up in federal vaccine policy. www.axios.com/newsletters/...
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Empathy is the new Christian battleground
A Christian battle grows over whether empathy is virtue or weakness as the U.S. diversifies
Some call empathy "toxic" as others says it's core to Jesus' teachings
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November 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Empathy is the new Christian battleground
New from me: Your Thanksgiving turkey has a carbon footprint.
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Are Thanksgiving turkeys bad for the environment? Here's the carbon footprint
Turkey produces, in production and post-production, the greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global warming.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:22 PM
New from me: Your Thanksgiving turkey has a carbon footprint.
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💥 NEW: How Trump's 28-point plan for Ukraine shocked the world
This tick-tock account is based on interviews with 6 U.S. officials, 2 Ukrainian officials and another source with knowledge.
This tick-tock account is based on interviews with 6 U.S. officials, 2 Ukrainian officials and another source with knowledge.
How Trump's 28-point plan for Ukraine shocked the world
Zelensky listened on speaker phone as Witkoff and Kushner read, line by line, from a 28-point plan.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
💥 NEW: How Trump's 28-point plan for Ukraine shocked the world
This tick-tock account is based on interviews with 6 U.S. officials, 2 Ukrainian officials and another source with knowledge.
This tick-tock account is based on interviews with 6 U.S. officials, 2 Ukrainian officials and another source with knowledge.
From @bengeman.bsky.social: The compromise at COP30 underscores the Paris Agreement's limited ability to move from aspiration to stronger real-world action.
www.axios.com/2025/11/22/f...
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Fractious UN climate talks end with no direct push on fossil fuels in deal
The compromise underscores the Paris Agreement's limited ability to move from aspiration to stronger real-world action.
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November 22, 2025 at 10:42 PM
From @bengeman.bsky.social: The compromise at COP30 underscores the Paris Agreement's limited ability to move from aspiration to stronger real-world action.
www.axios.com/2025/11/22/f...
www.axios.com/2025/11/22/f...
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In our latest episode of the Shocked podcast, I do a temperature check with @katharinehayhoe.com.
Earth is running a 2°F fever, and we're on track for a 5°F fever in the coming decades. 🤒
Listen 🎧
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Earth is running a 2°F fever, and we're on track for a 5°F fever in the coming decades. 🤒
Listen 🎧
lnk.to/shockedpodca...
November 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
In our latest episode of the Shocked podcast, I do a temperature check with @katharinehayhoe.com.
Earth is running a 2°F fever, and we're on track for a 5°F fever in the coming decades. 🤒
Listen 🎧
lnk.to/shockedpodca...
Earth is running a 2°F fever, and we're on track for a 5°F fever in the coming decades. 🤒
Listen 🎧
lnk.to/shockedpodca...
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Expiring electric car tax credits drive record quarter for cleantech investments -- but don't expect this to last. www.axios.com/2025/11/20/e... via @axios.com
Electric car sales fuel record-breaking quarter for US clean-energy investments
Clean-energy investments in the third quarter totaled $75 billion.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Expiring electric car tax credits drive record quarter for cleantech investments -- but don't expect this to last. www.axios.com/2025/11/20/e... via @axios.com
New story from me: The head of Ukraine's largest private energy company says a recent U.S. LNG shipment could help his country get through a tough winter — as long as Russian attacks don't cripple his ability to get power to customers.
www.axios.com/2025/11/19/u...
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This Ukraine CEO says potentially difficult winter ahead as he imports US energy
The winter could be the toughest for Ukraine since Russia's invasion launched in 2022.
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November 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
New story from me: The head of Ukraine's largest private energy company says a recent U.S. LNG shipment could help his country get through a tough winter — as long as Russian attacks don't cripple his ability to get power to customers.
www.axios.com/2025/11/19/u...
www.axios.com/2025/11/19/u...