| Chris Wright, the Denver-based fracking CEO tapped by President Donald Trump to lead the Energy Department, was confirmed to the role by the Senate on Monday evening. Senators voted 59-38 to confirm Wright, including support from some Democrats, despite opposition to his nomination from environmental groups and their party's leadership in the Senate who criticized his comments downplaying climate change as a serious global threat. Wright has pledged to pursue an all-of-the-above energy strategy at the agency, which oversees a wide array of energy research and development, maintains the country's nuclear stockpile and operates the network of national laboratories. Read the latest. | 
