( February 4, 2025, 3:33 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass., on Feb. 3 issued a press release condemning the Senate’s confirmation of Chris Wright to be the secretary of Energy in the second administration of President Donald J. Trump, saying “Chris Wright is a bought-and-paid-for fossil fuel industry executive and hasn’t met a tract of land or aquifer of water he wouldn’t despoil through fracking.” The senator has introduced a bill that would prohibit the appointment of former fossil fuel executive officers and fossil fuel lobbyists from serving as the heads of certain governmental departments....