On his first day on the new job, Energy Secretary Chris Wright Wednesday issued a memorandum that outlines his initial goals for the Department of Energy.
The memorandum explains that President Donald Trump outlined a “bold and ambitious agenda to unleash American energy at home and abroad.” To compete on the global stage, the memorandum explains, the U.S. must expand energy production and lower costs for Americans. This agenda must be pursued in a culture of transparency, performance and common sense, Wright stated in his memo.
“At the Department, we have an opportunity to promote energy abundance, demonstrate leadership in scientific and technological innovation, steward and strengthen our weapons stockpile to meet Cold War legacy waste clean-up commitments,” the memorandum states.
Energy addition, not subtraction
“I’d love to have that dialogue, and I’ve been having that dialogue for 20 years. Climate change is a real thing, but it’s not at all what is represented to be. It’s nowhere near the world’s biggest problem. It’s a slow moving problem that the only solution is new and better energy technology,” Wright told Fox. […]
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