Washington – Senate on Monday confirmed fossil fuel executive Chris Wright to serve as Energy Secretary, which is an important position to promote President Donald Trump’s efforts to achieve American “energy dominance” in the global market Is.
Denver-based Liberty Energy CEO Right, has been one of the biggest voices in the industry against efforts to fight climate change. He says that more fossil fuel production can bring people out of poverty around the world and promise Trump to “achieve energy security and prosperity.”
The Senate approved its nomination to 59–38. Eight Democrats – including both senators from Right’s home state of Kolorado, voted in favor.
Trump’s energy policy is the center of the “drill, baby, drill”, and he has pledged to disintegrate what he has said to the “Green New Scam” of Democrats. -We greenhouse gases.
“President Trump shared my passion for energy,” Wright said in his confirmation last month, promising that if confirmed, energy. ”
Wright said that with oil and natural gas, coal, nuclear energy and hydropower, air and solar energy and geotomical energy, Wright said.
Trump’s energy desires are likely to run in the real -world borders, including the fact that American oil production is already at a record level. Federal government cannot force companies to drill for more oil, and increase in production may reduce prices and reduce profits.
Vyoming Sen John Bairaso, the second ranked Republican, called Wright an innovator, “tells the truth about energy production.”
While the right “climate change is real, he knows that there is a more American energy solution – not the problem,” Bairaso said, by calling Right’s “Energy Realism” Welcome News.
Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee, who presided over the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, said the right “understands that energy policies should focus on making energy policies abundant and cheaper for families” and business.
“Our nation is entitled to a champion for American energy and innovation, and we got the right guy for the job,” Lee posted on X.
Both Colorado’s two Democratic Senators supported their home-state candidate.
“Chris Wright is a scientist who has dedicated his life to the study and use of energy. He believes in science and supports research that will provide affordable, reliable and clean energy ”that will reduce the cost and make the country more secure, said Sen John Hicenlop.
“When we do not always agree, we will work together because none of us have four years to wait to act,” said Hicanolooper.
Sen Michael Bennett called Wright a successful colorado entrepreneur, with deep expertise in energy innovation and technology. He promised to work with Wright “Ensure that Colorado continues to lead the country in energy production and innovation.”
Accepting that climate change is real, Wright said in his hearing that he believes that “there is no dirty energy or clean energy.” Rather, he said, there are various sources of energy with various tradeoffs.
60 -year -old Right has been the President and CEO of Liberty Energy since 2011 and has no prior experience in the government. He raised a bachelor’s degree in MIT, raised in Colorado and worked in Electrical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley and MIT. In 1992, he founded the pineacle technologies, which helped launch commercial shell gas production through hydraulic fracturing, or fracting.
He later served as the chairman of a early shell gas producer Straude Energy before the establishment of Liberty Resources in 2010.
As the Energy Secretary, the internal secretary Dag will join Dag Bergam as a prominent player on the Right Energy Policy. Both will work in a new National Energy Council who will preside over Bargam. Trump said that the panel would include all executive branch agencies involved in energy permission, production, generation, distribution, regulation and transportation, which would be focused on “cutting red tape” and promoting domestic energy production. The mission of the council represents a complete reversal from the functions chased by the Democratic President Joe Biden, which gave a top priority to the fighting atmosphere change.
Wright said that if he confirms he will end all relations in the energy industry.
Environmental Group, Evergreen Action Executive Director Leena Mofit said Democrats should unanimously oppose the Wright.
“The Senate Republican handed over the keys of the Energy Department to Trump’s big oil colleagues,” he said in a statement. “Chris Wright made his career, expanding fossil fuels and refusing climate science. Now, he will be in a position to help Trump “clean energy investment, increase in energy prices” and to keep Americans accustomed to expensive, unstable fossil fuels. ,
Now is the time, he said, “To fight back against Trump’s tireless push to stand united for the Democrats and to rig the system for large oil.”