As the CEO of the Colorado-based Liberty Energy who has said "there is no climate crisis," Wright's nomination comes with controversy.

Wright, the founder of a fracking firm, testified that he would back all forms of low-carbon energy as well as gas, oil and coal.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Energy Chris Wright testified during his Senate Energy and Natural Resources confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.

Colorado energy entrepreneur and President-Elect Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Energy Chris Wright faced a Senate panel for his confirmation hearing Thursday. Critics on the panel pressed Wright on possible conflicts of interest and whether he would avoid the appearance of impropriety.

The Colorado energy executive called climate change a global issue but stood by past comments on wildfire risk as ‘hype’

Donald Trump's pick for Energy Secretary, Chris Wright, will appear before the Senate Energy Committee on Wednesday morning around 10:00 a.m. Wright is the CEO of Liberty Energy, one of the biggest fracking companies in the U.

Energy is the essential agent of change that enables everything that we do — everything. A low-energy society is poor. A highly energized society can bring health, wealth and opportunity for all,” Energy Secretary nominee Chris Wright said in his opening statement.

Chris Wright, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Energy secretary, told the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Wednesday that if confirmed he would use the position to “unleash American energy at home and abroad.