Budget & Policy

Trump plans to nominate fossil exec, nuclear-startup board member to head DOE

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Multiple national news organizations reported Saturday President-elect Donald Trump intends to nominate Chris Wright, CEO and founder of Liberty Energy, a Denver-based oilfield services company, to be the next secretary of energy.
According to his Liberty biography,…

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