Shares of Liberty Energy rose Monday after CEO Chris Wright was chosen to be President-elect Donald Trump's energy secretary.

Shares of Liberty Energy and Oklo are rising after Trump selected Chris Wright to lead the Energy Department. Wright is the CEO of Liberty and serves as a board member at Oklo. Wright will also serve as a board member of the president-elect's Council on ...

Wright has denied that climate change presents a global crisis that needs to be addressed through a transition away from fossil fuels.

President-elect Donald Trump named oil industry CEO Chris Wright to lead the Energy Department, installing a vocal critic of government efforts to fight climate change as the head of the agency at the forefront of the Biden administration’s clean energy push.

Wright said he is “deeply honored” by the nomination and he plans to work to bring “affordable, reliable energy to the citizens of the United States and beyond.”

President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday named Chris Wright, the CEO of Denver-based fracking company Liberty Energy, as his pick to be the next secretary of the Department of Energy.

President-elect Donald Trump tapped Chris Wright, a leading fracking executive, to lead the Department of Energy and to sit on a new “National Energy Council.”

Liberty Energy CEO Chris Wright nominated as Trump's Secretary of Energy. Liberty names Ron Gusek as new CEO depending on Wright's U.S. Senate confirmation.