The Senate confirmed Chris Wright, the head of fracking company Liberty Energy, as energy secretary in an 59-38 vote on Monday with eight senators who caucus with Democrats joining Republicans in clearing his nomination to lead the department.

The CEO of Colorado’s Liberty Energy has been one of the fossil fuel industry’s loudest voices against efforts to fight climate change.

The former fracking executive said in confirmation hearings that his top priority would be to “unleash” American energy production.

The Senate voted Monday to confirm Chris Wright as the nation’s 17th secretary of the Department of Energy.

The U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed Chris Wright, a fracking executive, to be President Donald Trump's energy secretary.

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday approved Chris Wright, the CEO of a fracking company, to serve as secretary of energy.

Chris Wright is no hater of renewables, nuclear power, or transmission. But the Trump administration’s energy policy is a contradictory mess.

Chris Wright, a top Trump donor and founder of the oilfield services firm Liberty Energy, garnered enough votes in the U.S. Senate on Monday to become U.S. energy secretary. As voting continued, Wright had support from least 51 senators,

The Senate confirmed oil industry exec Chris Wright to lead the Department of Energy, after the Trump nominee testified that climate change is real.

Here's what a fracking industry pioneer plans to give up if confirmed as Donald Trump's Secretary of Energy — moves that could be worth tens of millions.