Trump announced Chris Wright, the CEO of oil and natural gas fracking services company Liberty Energy, as his pick for energy secretary.
The Department of Energy building is seen in Washington, D.C., on July 22, 2019. Trump picked Liberty Energy CEO Chris Wright as his energy secretary.
"As Secretary of Energy, Chris will be a key leader, driving innovation, cutting red tape, and ushering in a new 'Golden Age of American Prosperity and Global Peace,'" Trump said in a statement. He has strongly advocated for the need for more fossil fuels, putting him in line with Trump's repeated call for more oil production."There is no climate crisis, and we're not in the midst of an energy transition either," Wright said in a
The DOE has deployed billions of dollars to pursue those goals — money approved by Congress, but actually distributed by the department.
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