WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday said he plans to nominate oil industry executive Chris Wright, a skeptic on climate change science, to lead the Department of Energy in his second term in the White House.

If confirmed by the Senate, Wright, the Colorado-based CEO of Liberty Energy, would take over a department that oversees the country's energy supplies, research and development of nuclear power, 17 national laboratories and the cleanup of Cold War-era nuclear efforts.

Wright also will be a member of Trump's newly-formed Council of National Energy, which is set to be led by Interior Secretary nominee Doug Burgum, the president-elect said in his statement.

"This team will drive U.S. Energy Dominance, which will drive down Inflation, win the A.I. arms race with China (and others), and expand American Diplomatic Power to end Wars all across the World," Trump said in the statement.

Wright is set to join an incoming GOP administration led by Trump, who campaigned for president on a platform to roll back the climate change policies and clean energy spending ushered in during the Biden administration.

In a video posted in 2023 on LinkedIn, Wright took aim at the scientific consensus that manmade greenhouse gas emissions are responsible for the warming planet.

"There is no climate crisis and we're not in the midst of an energy transition either," Wright said.