President-elect Donald Trump has selected Chris Wright, a campaign donor and fossil fuel executive, to serve as energy secretary after his second administration begins in January.

The executive has taken a defiant approach to fighting climate change by attacking policies that call for shifting away from fossil fuels.

A campaign donor and CEO of Denver-based Liberty Energy, Chris Wright is a vocal advocate of oil and gas development, including fracking — a key pillar of Trump’s quest to achieve U.S. “energy dominance” in the global market.

President-elect Donald Trump intends to appoint Chris Wright as Secretary of Energy. Wright is a strong advocate for oil and gas extraction and utilization and denies the existence of a global climate crisis,

Energy policy influencer and founder of wildcatter Continental Resources Harold Hamm told Hart Energy that North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is also on his short list.

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.

Trump picked industry executive Chris Wright as his nominee to be Energy secretary and to join a new Council of National Energy.

President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday named Chris Wright, head of a Denver-based oilfield service company who has disputed the role of climate change in causing extreme weather, to head the Energy Department.

Wright is expected to fulfil Trump's campaign promise to "drill, baby, drill" and maximise US energy production.