President-elect Donald Trump has selected Chris Wright, a campaign donor and fossil fuel executive, to serve as his new energy secretary.View on euronews

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.

President-elect Donald Trump has selected Chris Wright, a campaign donor and fossil fuel executive, to serve as energy secretary after his second administration begins in January.

The executive has taken a defiant approach to fighting climate change by attacking policies that call for shifting away from fossil fuels.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Trump picked industry executive Chris Wright as his nominee to be Energy secretary and to join a new Council of National Energy.