Christopher Schuler, christopher.schuler@sierraclub.org
Washington, DC – Today, Donald Trump announced Chris Wright as his nominee to head the Department of Energy. Wright is the CEO of oil and fracked gas company Liberty Energy.
In response to the nomination, Sierra Club Executive Director Ben Jealous released the following statement:
“Not since Donald Trump's most recent cabinet pick has a nominee ever been so utterly unqualified for the job. Chris Wright is a climate denier who has profited off of polluting our communities and endangering our health and future. So, of course Donald Trump finds him fit to lead the Department of Energy, where he’ll be hell-bent on abusing his power to prolong the use of deadly fossil fuels and give his corporate polluter executive friends a rubber stamp for the unfettered buildout of LNG exports. Clean air and clean water are not a priority for these people, and their reckless ideas and policies will only further harm the American people. Chris Wright is not merely unqualified, he’s a direct threat to our future and the planet’s. The Sierra Club is ready to do all we can to stop him and his pro-polluter agenda.
About the Sierra Club
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