Trump’s Choice of Fracking CEO Chris Wright as Energy Secretary Heralds a Swamp Revival
Exhibit A: Trump’s selection of Chris Wright, the CEO of a Denver fracking services company called Liberty Energy, for the position of energy secretary. Wright has no government experience and certainly no experience related to nuclear weapons whose oversight is a critical part of DOE’s role.
Trump’s Choice for Energy Secretary Is a Fracking Booster and Climate Skeptic
Chris Wright’s nomination elevates a pugnacious branch of the oil-and-gas industry that mostly hasn’t pledged to build out low-carbon energy businesses, unlike giants Exxon and Chevron.
Trump picks fracking firm CEO Chris Wright to be energy secretary
The executive has taken a defiant approach to fighting climate change by attacking policies that call for shifting away from fossil fuels.
Trump names Denver fossil fuel executive Chris Wright as energy secretary
CEO of Denver-based Liberty Energy, Wright is a vocal advocate of oil and gas development, including fracking, a key pillar of Trump’s quest to achieve U.S. “energy dominance” in the global
Liberty Energy’s Chris Wright is Harold Hamm's Top Choice for Energy Secretary
Energy policy influencer and founder of wildcatter Continental Resources Harold Hamm told Hart Energy that North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is also on his short list.
Denver oil exec tapped by Trump to head Energy
A campaign donor and CEO of Denver-based Liberty Energy, Chris Wright is a vocal advocate of oil and gas development, including fracking — a key pillar of Trump’s quest to achieve U.S. “energy dominance” in the global market.
Trump picks fracking company CEO Chris Wright as next Department of Energy secretary
President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday named Chris Wright, the CEO of Denver-based fracking company Liberty Energy, as his pick to be the next secretary of the Department of Energy.
Trump taps fracking CEO Chris Wright for Energy secretary
President-elect Trump on Saturday announced he would nominate Chris Wright, a donor and fracking company leader, to serve as his Energy secretary. “Chris has been a leading technologist and
Trump taps oil executive Chris Wright as Energy secretary
President-elect Donald Trump named oil industry CEO Chris Wright to lead the Energy Department, installing a vocal critic of government efforts to fight climate change as the head of the agency at the forefront of the Biden administration’s clean energy push.
Trump taps Wright as energy secretary, as Musk suggests public should weigh in on Treasury pick
President-elect Donald Trump made his selection for energy secretary even as a key ally, billionaire Elon Musk, called for more direct public input into the decision-making process for another top pos
Donald Trump to nominate industry CEO Chris Wright to be secretary of Energy
Trump picked industry executive Chris Wright as his nominee to be Energy secretary and to join a new Council of National Energy.
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Trump picks climate change sceptic to be his new energy secretary
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McFeely: Congratulations to Interior Secretary Harold Hamm
If billionaire oil magnate wants access to national parks and other federal lands, ally and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is ...
Exclusive: Trump's transition team aims to kill Biden EV tax credit
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