Trump names oil firm CEO Chris Wright as next Department of Energy Secretary - Weekly Voice

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

72% : Secretary of Energy, Chris will be a key leader, driving innovation, cutting red tape, and ushering in a new 'Golden Age of American Prosperity and Global Peace'," Trump said on Saturday in a statement.
62% : Trump added that Wright will also serve as part of a new Council of National Energy, which the President-elect unveiled on Friday, saying that it "will consist of all Departments and Agencies involved in the permitting, production, generation, distribution, regulation, transportation, of ALL forms of American Energy".
60% : If confirmed by the Senate, Wright will replace Jennifer Granholm, a supporter of electric vehicles, emerging energy sources like geothermal power, and a backer of carbon-free wind, solar, and nuclear energy.
54% : The Department of Energy handles US energy diplomacy, administers the Strategic Petroleum Reserve - which Trump has said he wants to replenish - and runs grant and loan programs to advance energy technologies, such as the Loan Programs Office.

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