Exhibit A: Trump’s selection of Chris Wright, the CEO of a Denver fracking services company called Liberty Energy, for the position of energy secretary. Wright has no government experience and certainly no experience related to the nuclear weapons whose oversight is a critical part of DOE’s role.

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’s pick for energy secretary is a fracking CEO who has frequently expressed doubt about climate change and opposed policies aimed at curbing it.

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.

CEO of Denver-based Liberty Energy, 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.

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.

The CEO of Liberty Energy says there is no climate crisis, and is a vocal backer of the president-elect's plan to boost oil and gas production.

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