U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright calls for expanding geothermal energy, citing its potential to enhance energy security, support AI, and stabilize electricity prices.

The Trump administration will end the Biden administration’s irrational, quasi-religious policies,” Wright said at the CERAWeek by S&P Global energy conference.

Speaking at CERAWeek, President Donald Trump's secretary of Energy touted gas and singled out wind for being too costly.

Secretary of Energy Chris Wright on Tuesday threw his support behind a vast expansion in geothermal energy. Emerging forms of geothermal use technology from the fossil fuel industry to generate power on demand without air pollution — something Wright’s company,

Chris Wright has been confirmed as the US Energy Secretary, spearheading President Trump's energy policy. Wright, a proponent of fossil fuels, aims to cut regulations and boost domestic energy production.

U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright talks job security for Oak Ridge workers on a visit to Oak Ridge National Laboratory on Friday, February 28, 2025.

The top energy head declared that the Trump administration's approach to climate change is "a side effect of building the modern world."

He promises executives the administration will end Biden's "irrational, quasi-religious policies on climate change."

US Energy Secretary Chris Wright talks about keys to Trump's energy goal and long term impact of tariffs with Bloomberg's Alix Steel at CERAWeek in Houston.