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Climate science-denying energy secretary nominee Wright calls for expanding U.S. energy sector

  • Climate organizers and progressive lawmakers protested against Wright's nomination as Energy Secretary, calling him "a threat to our democracy and our future" during a press conference outside the Capitol.
  • Wright contributed $400,000 to Trump's campaign, which the Sunrise Movement claimed was an attempt "to buy the Energy Secretary role."
  • The Sierra Club criticized Wright as the "personification of 'conflict of interest'" for denying climate change while profiting from fracking.
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Murkowski lauds Trump's Energy nominee for his views on abundance and climate change

Energy executive Chris Wright is Donald Trump’s pick to be the next secretary of Energy. (Caitlyn Kim/CPR News) WASHINGTON — President-Elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Department of Energy got a warm reception Wednesday in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Sen. Lisa Murkowski lauded his enthusiasm for affordable, abundant energy. “I love the fact that you’re a self-described energy geek,” she said at his confirmation hear…

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Fast CompanyFast Company

Wildfires are still ‘just hype’: Trump’s Energy pick stands by his past comments

Chris Wright, an oil and gas executive who’s Donald Trump’s nominee for Energy Secretary, faced questions about his climate change denialism during his confirmation hearing on Wednesday.  Throughout his decades-long career, Wright has called for more fossil fuel use, said there is “no climate crisis,” and has denied the link between climate change and more severe wildfires. During Wright’s confirmation hearing, Senator Alex Padilla of California…

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Mother JonesMother Jones

Trump’s energy pick concedes climate change is a “real issue”

Chris Wright, the fracking company CEO who Trump has nominated to lead the Department of Energy and who had previously claimed “there is no climate crisis,” admitted that climate change is a “real issue” during his confirmation hearings on Wednesday. Wright, who runs Liberty Energy and is worth $171 million, was tapped in mid-November by Trump, who heralded him as someone who would help lead his administration’s efforts to cut regulations and re…

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Washington ExaminerWashington Examiner

Energy secretary nominee Chris Wright gets friendly confirmation hearing - Washington Examiner

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Energy, Chris Wright, who will play a key role in the incoming administration boosting domestic oil and gas production, faced fairly straightforward questions in his confirmation hearing Wednesday and appeared to have bipartisan support. Wright is the founder and CEO of Liberty Energy, an oilfield services firm. He is also slated to serve on the incoming administration’s newly formed …

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Common DreamsCommon Dreams

Fracking CEO Slammed Ahead of His Confirmation Hearing for Energy Secretary

The Sierra Club called Liberty Energy CEO Chris Wright the “personification of conflict of interest.”

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Raw StoryRaw Story

Climate liar and fracking CEO Chris Wright pilloried ahead of confirmation hearing

With the U.S. Senate holding confirmation hearings for several of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees on Wednesday, climate organizers were joined by progressive lawmakers outside the Capitol to speak out against one potential administration official in particular—who they warned poses "a threat to our democracy and our future."The subject of the press conference, organized by the Sunrise Movement, was Liberty Energy CEO Chris W…

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