Department of Energy nominee Chris Wright's confirmation hearing: What to know, how to watch
As the CEO of the Colorado-based Liberty Energy who has said "there is no climate crisis," Wright's nomination comes with controversy.
Coloradan Chris Wright, nominee for Secretary of Energy, testifies during confirmation hearing
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Energy Chris Wright testified during his Senate Energy and Natural Resources confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.
Energy secretary nominee Chris Wright gets friendly confirmation hearing
Most Democrats indicated that they would likely not try to block Chris Wright's confirmation, instead asking about areas of possible cooperation.
Key Takeaways From Trump's Energy Secretary Pick's Confirmation Hearing
Chris Wright, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for energy secretary, told senators during his confirmation hearing Wednesday that he would promote all sources of American energy, while also acknowl
Wildfires are still ‘just hype’: Trump’s Energy pick stands by his past comments
During his confirmation hearings on Wednesday, oil and gas executive Chris Wright denied the link between climate change and worsening wildfires. Chris Wright, an oil and gas executive who’s Donald Trump’s nominee for Energy Secretary,
Trump's energy secretary nominee faces questions over climate posts and LA fires
Trump's pick for secretary of energy, fracking executive Chris Wright, faced questions about a past social media post calling wildfires "hype."
New Mexico's senators weigh-in on Trump's Energy, Transportation picks
Energy nominee Chris Wright focused on the importance of nuclear energy, making the electric grid more resilient and increasing U.S. energy production during the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing.
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Wright outlines plan to step away from energy assets
New financial documents provide a glimpse of Chris Wright’s holdings as he prepares to join the Trump administration as ...
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Colorado's Chris Wright, Trump's energy secretary pick, promises to 'unleash American energy at home and abroad'
Colorado energy entrepreneur and President-Elect Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Energy Chris Wright faced a Senate panel ...
Wright to increase energy production: 'There isn't dirty energy and clean energy'
Chris Wright laid out his priorities, such as restoring "energy dominance," increasing innovation and cutting red tape, ...
Chris Wright, Trump’s Energy Pick, Is Quizzed on Climate and Clean Energy
Wright, the founder of a fracking firm, testified that he would back all forms of low-carbon energy as well as gas, oil and ...
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Chris Wright backs aggressive build-out of the US power grid
The Energy secretary nominee tells Democrats he supports reforms aimed at speeding transmission projects: “I’m aligned with ...
'Immense national asset': Trump energy pick Chris Wright calls for more US energy production
Trump Energy nominee Chris Wright's Senate confirmation hearing was briefly stopped by protestors shouting about the LA ...
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DoE head nominee Wright underscores Trump's vision for American ‘energy dominance’
Energy is the essential agent of change that enables everything that we do — everything. A low-energy society is poor. A ...
Wright poised for confirmation despite hearing clashes over climate, LA fires
Fracking CEO Chris Wright is on track to be the nation’s next energy secretary despite a few tense moments during his ...
The unlikely friends of Chris Wright’s “energy abundance” future
For the loose coalition of analysts and writers pushing for an “abundance agenda” that includes more energy production no matter the type (or cost), the fossil fuel-friendly philosophy Wright ...
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Cortez Masto presses energy secretary nominee on future of Yucca Mountain
Nev., asked President-elect Donald Trump’s energy secretary nominee, Chris Wright, to acknowledge the “failed Yucca Mountain ...