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Coloradan tapped to lead Department of Energy likely to expand fossil fuel production, decenter climate change

Chris Wright, nominated by President-elect Donald Trump, is the CEO of Denver-based Liberty Energy

Liberty Oilfield Services CEO Chris Wright ...
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Chris Wright, CEO of Denver-based Liberty Energy, seen here in 2018, to be energy secretary in his next administration. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
DENVER, CO - NOVEMBER 8: Elise Schmelzer - Staff portraits at the Denver Post studio. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)Noelle Phillips of The Denver Post.
By | eschmelzer@denverpost.com | The Denver Post and | nphillips@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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Chris Wright, Trump's nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Energy, has acknowledged climate change is real, but said in a video he made last year that “there is no climate crisis.”

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