By Reuters
Washington: President-elect Donald Trump said that oil and gas industry executive Chris Wright, a staunch defender of fossil fuel use, would be his pick to lead the Department of Energy.
Wright is founder and chief executive of Liberty Energy, an oilfield services firm based in Denver. He is expected to support Trump’s plan to maximise production of oil and gas and to seek ways to boost generation of electricity, demand for which is rising for the first time in decades.
Liberty Energy chief executive Chris Wright is a staunch defender of fossil fuel use.Credit: LInkedIn
He is also likely to share Trump’s opposition to global co-operation on fighting climate change. Wright has called climate change activists alarmist and has likened efforts by Democrats to combat global warming to Soviet-style communism.
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