The Senate has confirmed fossil fuel executive Chris Wright to serve as energy secretary, a key post to promote President ...

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday approved Chris Wright, the CEO of a fracking company, to serve as secretary of energy.

By Brad Plumer Reporting from Washington The Senate confirmed Chris ... Mr. Wright graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and did graduate work on solar energy at the University ...

The Senate has confirmed fossil fuel executive Chris Wright to serve as energy secretary ... graduate work in electrical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley and MIT.