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 vote was 59-38, with seven Democrats and one Independent, who caucuses with Democrats,

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.

The Senate on Monday confirmed fossil fuel executive Chris Wright to serve as energy secretary, a key post to promote President Donald Trump’s efforts to achieve U.S. “energy dominance” in the global market.

Chris Wright was confirmed as Secretary of Energy, putting the founder of an oil and gas fracking services company in charge of an agency that will play a key role in President Donald Trump’s plans for a sweeping overhaul of U.S. energy policy.

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