President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Energy, Chris Wright, who will play a key role in the incoming administration boosting domestic oil and gas production, faced fairly straightforward questions in his confirmation hearing Wednesday and appeared to have bipartisan support.

President-elect Trump's pick to lead the Energy Department Chris Wright walked a fine line Wednesday as he called climate change "a real and global phenomenon" but remained skeptical during his U.S. Senate confirmation hearing.

Chris Wright answers lawmaker questions on Capitol Hill to become the energy secretary under President-elect Trump’s administration.

Chris Wright, a fossil fuel executive, has been one of the industry’s loudest voices against efforts to fight climate change.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Energy Chris Wright testified during his Senate Energy and Natural Resources confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.

Donald Trump's pick for Energy Secretary, Chris Wright, will appear before the Senate Energy Committee on Wednesday morning around 10:00 a.m. Wright is the CEO of Liberty Energy, one of the biggest fracking companies in the U.

Energy Secretary nominee Chris Wright spent part of his 60th birthday getting yelled at by climate change protesters at a Senate confirmation hearing.

The Colorado energy executive called climate change a global issue but stood by past comments on wildfire risk as ‘hype’

Nev., asked President-elect Donald Trump’s energy secretary nominee, Chris Wright, to acknowledge the “failed Yucca Mountain project is unworkable,” during his confirmation hearing Wednesday.

Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto appeared displeased with Chris Wright’s responses about Yucca Mountain during his energy secretary confirmation hearing Wednesday.