A Colorado oil and gas executive will head the U.S. Department of Energy if President-elect Donald Trump's pick is confirmed. Chris Wright is founder and CEO of Liberty Energy, a fracking company ...

Meanwhile, expect Wright’s new leadership role on national energy policy to be a boon to Colorado, too. It’s not because he hails from our state or his energy company is based here.

Chris Wright, Trump’s nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Energy, has acknowledged climate change is real, but said in a video he made last year that “there is no climate crisis.” ...