New Delhi:
US President-elect Donald Trump nominated fracking magnate and local weather change sceptic Chris Wright as power secretary on Saturday, tasking him with “slicing purple tape” which the brand new administration hopes will drive funding in fossil fuels.
“As Secretary of Vitality, Chris will probably be a key chief, driving innovation, slicing purple tape, and ushering in a brand new ‘Golden Age of American Prosperity and World Peace,'” Trump mentioned in an announcement.
Wright is a founding father of Liberty Vitality, which serves the power corporations which have massively elevated US fossil gasoline manufacturing in recent times by extracting oil and fuel from shale fields in a course of referred to as “fracking.”
“My dedication to bettering human lives stays steadfast, with a deal with making American power extra reasonably priced, dependable, and safe,” Wright mentioned on X after Trump’s announcement.