Harshly criticizing the Biden Administration’s climate policies as “myopic,” Energy Secretary Chris Wright vowed on Monday to back natural gas production, CNBC reported.

“The Trump administration will end the Biden administration’s irrational, quasi-religious policies on climate change that imposed endless sacrifices on our citizens,” Wright said at the CERAWeek by S&P Global energy conference. 

The energy secretary added that there “is simply no physical way that wind, solar, and batteries could replace the myriad uses of natural gas,” which is responsible for 43% of U.S. electricity production.

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