Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Nov 17, 2024

[thread] Chris Wright
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Wright_(energy_executive)

* energy exec.
* chief executive of Liberty Energy
* presump. nominee United States Sec. Energy under Trump2 presidency
* would serve on National Energy Council if conf. by U.S. Senate

#ChrisWright #LibertyEnergy #EnergySec
#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #Project2025
#capitalism #corporations #FossilFuels #FossilFuelsLobby #ClimateDenial
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #EcologicalDestruction #CorporatePolluters
#billionaires #libertarianism

Chris Wright (energy executive) - Wikipedia

Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

Trump taps fossil fuel executive Chris Wright as energy secretary
https://apnews.com/article/trump-2024-election-energy-secretary-d546f5f81d7b2347b49905be924dfcd7

* campaign donor/fossil fuel executive
* vocal advocate of oil & gas development incl. fracking
* one of loudest voices against efforts to fight climate change

#ChrisWright #LibertyEnergy #EnergySec #Trump2 #GOP
#capitalism #corporations #FossilFuels #FossilFuelsLobby #ClimateDenial
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #ExtremeWeather #EcologicalDestruction #CorporatePolluters
#billionaires #libertarianism

Trump picks fossil fuel executive Chris Wright as energy secretary

President-elect Donald Trump has selected Chris Wright, a campaign donor and fossil fuel executive, to serve as energy secretary after his second administration begins in January. Wright, CEO of Denver-based Liberty Energy, 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. He also has been one of the industry’s loudest voices against efforts to fight climate change. He said the climate movement around the world is “collapsing under its own weight.” The Energy Department is responsible for advancing energy, environmental and nuclear security of the United States.

AP News
Nov 17, 2024 at 6:37amWeb
Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Nov 17, 2024

Trump announces oil executive Chris Wright as his pick for energy secretary
https://www.npr.org/2024/11/16/nx-s1-5191868/trump-energy-secretary-chris-wright

* will also serve as part of new Council of National Energy
* Trump: "will consist of all Dept. & Agencies involved in permitting, production, generation, distribution, regulation, transportation, of ALL forms of American Energy"

#ChrisWright #EnergySec #Trump2 #GOP #fascism
#capitalism #corporations #FossilFuels #ClimateDenial
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #ExtremeWeather #EcologicalDestruction

Show threadDoomsdaysCWNov 19, 2024

@persagen Oh boy...! "Wright is the chief executive of oil and natural gas fracking services company Liberty Energy and sits on the board of a #nuclear reactor company, according to his biography on Liberty's website.

"He has strongly advocated for the need for more #FossilFuels, putting him in line with Trump's repeated call for more #oil production.

"Wright has also expressed doubts about whether #ClimateChange is driving #ExtremeWeather events.

"'There is no #ClimateCrisis, and we're not in the midst of an energy transition either,' Wright said in a video uploaded to LinkedIn.

"'We have seen no increase in the frequency or intensity of hurricanes, tornadoes, droughts or floods despite endless fear mongering of the media, politicians and #activists,' he also said in the video. 'The only thing resembling a crisis with respect to climate change is the regressive, opportunity-squelching policies justified in the name of climate change.'"

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/16/nx-s1-5191868/trump-energy-secretary-chris-wright