President-elect Donald Trump said on Saturday he picked oil executive Chris Wright to be the secretary of energy, a role in which he’s likely to promote fossil fuel development and reverse many Biden-era initiatives.
“As Secretary of Energy, Chris will be a key leader, driving innovation, cutting red tape, and ushering in a new ‘Golden Age of American Prosperity and Global Peace,'” Trump said in a statement.
Wright heads an oil fracking company
Wright is the chief executive of oil and natural gas fracking services company Liberty Energy and sits on the board of a nuclear reactor company.
