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Climate science-denying energy secretary nominee calls for expanding U.S. energy sector. Chris Wright, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Energy Department, faced lawmakers for confirmation hearings and called for efforts to “unleash” America’s energy sector. Wright, as head of the Energy Department, would signal a major shift in U.S. policy, especially because he is a known denier of the science of climate change and its devastating effects worldwide.

CEO of major fracking company. Christopher Allen Wright #ChrisWright MjL

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The U.S. Department of Energy announced Friday it has approved an exchange from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, or SPR, with the ExxonMobil Corporation to ease issues that affect crude oil deliveries to the company’s Baton Rouge, LA, refinery. U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright sanctioned the move to help keep the regional supply of transportation fuels across Louisiana and the broader Gulf Coast stable. The agreement will provide up to one million barrels of crude oil from the SPR to ExxonMobil to support the restoration of refinery operations that had been diminished due to an offshore supply disruption. The release states that ExxonMobil will eventually return the borrowed oil, as well as an unannounced amount of additional barrels of crude to the SPR at no cost to taxpayers. Protecting their profit margin is a huge cost to consumers though.

Christopher Allen “Chris” Wright #ChrisWright MjL