By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-17 16:45:16 | Updated at 2024-11-17 18:28:21
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Trump’s Choice for Energy Secretary Is a Fracking Booster and Climate Skeptic
WSJ via MSN ^ | Nov.17, 2024 | Benoît Morenne, Collin Eaton
Posted on 11/17/2024 8:40:31 AM PST by libstripper
Donald Trump rewarded the tycoons behind the shale boom, among his most ardent supporters, with the selection Saturday of Chris Wright as his nominee for Energy Secretary.
Wright was front-and-center for the fracking revolution that reshaped the country as a band of scrappy wildcatters that reinvigorated U.S. oil and gas production to record heights. His $2.8 billion company, Liberty Energy, pumps water and sand underground to frack customers’ wells.
Wright’s selection elevates a pugnacious branch of the oil-and-gas industry that is skeptical of climate-change science and mostly hasn’t pledged to build out low-carbon energy businesses, unlike giants Exxon Mobil and Chevron.
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chriswright; engsec; fracking; trump
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Looks like an absolutely terrific pick.
1 posted on 11/17/2024 8:40:31 AM PST by libstripper
To: libstripper
With all the complaints about Trump’s picks, it seems he is making some good choices, based on the noise of opposition.
To: libstripper
3 posted on 11/17/2024 8:42:58 AM PST by Parley Baer
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