Energy Secretary Chris Wright, a fracking industry CEO, touts fossil-fuel expansion

Former fracking executive says the Trump administration is pursuing a policy of more American energy production and infrastructure, not less.

He also attacked the Joe Biden administration for focusing “myopically” on climate change.

“The cure was far more destructive than the disease.” Wright has been called a climate skeptic, for instance for repeatedly denying that global heating is a crisis.

Chris Wright's speech was not made available to the public via live stream, sparking outrage from climate advocates.

Before joining the Trump administration, he led the oil and gas company Liberty Energy for 13 years .

One representative from an oil industry podcast said the energy secretary was “brilliant”.