President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Chris Wright, the top of a fracking firm who additionally sits on the board of a nuclear reactor firm, as his selection to steer the Department of Energy. Wright, who doesn’t consider within the idea of local weather disaster and is a driving drive behind the American Shale Revolution, performed a key position within the surge of U.S. oil and gasoline manufacturing within the mid-2000s. Trump heralded Wright’s appointment as important for driving “innovation” and boosting American prosperity.
Trump picks Chris Wright for Department of Energy
Donald Trump is wrapping up the record of newly appointed cupboard picks, focusing now on key departments. On November 16, he selected oil govt Chris Wright to go the Department of Energy calling him “a key chief, driving innovation, reducing purple tape, and ushering in a brand new ‘Golden Age of American Prosperity and Global Peace.” A place the place Wright is anticipated to push for the growth of fossil gas manufacturing and roll again lots of the insurance policies launched in the course of the Biden administration.
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Apart from that Wright will even be part of the brand new Council of National Energy which “will include all Departments and Agencies concerned within the allowing, manufacturing, era, distribution, regulation, transportation, of ALL types of American Energy,” in line with NPR. Earlier Trump introduced the formation of DOGE and appointed Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to go the division. North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum will reportedly head the CNE.
Who is Chris Wright?
Chris Wright, the oil govt recognized for popularizing the “Drill, Baby, Drill” slogan, stirred controversy final 12 months when he dismissed considerations a couple of local weather disaster. In a video, he said, “There is not any local weather disaster, and we aren’t within the midst of an power transition.”
“The solely factor resembling a disaster with respect to local weather change is the regressive, opportunity-squelching insurance policies justified within the title of local weather change,” he added irking many local weather advocates. He even controversially drank fracking fluid on digital camera in 2019 to show its security.
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As CEO of Liberty Energy, a fracking companies firm, Wright has been a staunch advocate for rising fossil gas manufacturing, aligning with Trump’s push for expanded oil manufacturing. He has an estimated web value of round $171 million in line with Benzinga as of November 8, 2024.
Trump earlier introduced:
Matt Gaetz – Attorney General
Tulsi Gabbard – Director of National Intelligence
Pete Hegseth – Secretary of Defense
Kristi Noem – Secretary of Homeland Security
Marco Rubio – Secretary of State