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Denver fracking contractor Chris Wright is a scientist and engineer who supports fossil fuels and renewable energy development.

The Senate has confirmed Colorado fracking services contractor Chris Wright to lead the Department of Energy (DOE) in its management of the nationโ€™s nuclear weapons stockpile, national labs in energy development, and in implementing President Donald Trumpโ€™s energy policies.

The Senate endorsed Wright to serve as energy secretary on Feb. 3 in a 59โ€“38 vote that drew objections from some Democrats over his support for fossil fuel development in taking the reins of the DOEโ€™s 14,000-employee workforce and its $52 billion annual budget.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) in a mid-afternoon address before a largely empty chamber praised Wright as uniquely qualified to lead the DOE in a time of sweeping technological breakthroughs and โ€œall-of-the-aboveโ€ energy diversification.

โ€œOne of the most important resources is Americaโ€™s ability to innovateโ€”the knowledge and capabilities we have to expand the realm of possibility,โ€ he said. โ€œItโ€™s a big part of the work of the energy department, and itโ€™s what Chris Wright has spent his life doing. Mr. Wright calls himself, and I quote, โ€˜a science geek turned energy nerd turned lifelong energy entrepreneur.โ€™โ€

Trump announced his nomination of Wright for the DOE post in a Nov. 16 Truth Social post, calling him โ€œone of the pioneers who helped launch the American Shale Revolution that fueled American Energy Independence.โ€

An MIT-educated scientist and engineer, Wright is the CEO of Denver-based Liberty Energy, one of the nationโ€™s leading fracking contractors. Thune said the DOE nominee has experience, knowledge, and investments across the energy development spectrum.

Wright โ€œwill be notable among secretaries of energy for his depth of experience,โ€œ Thune said. โ€He has experience in nuclear energy, solar, geothermal, wind power, oil, and natural gas. Heโ€™s worked on innovations and technology that have reshaped the energy industry, and heโ€™s seen what energy can do to improve human lives, bring people out of poverty, and remake entire societies.

โ€œChris Wright is passionate about energy.

โ€œHe knows itโ€™s one of our most important assets, and heโ€™s ready to get to work.โ€

Byย John Haughey

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