Energy Secretary Chris Wright denied climate change as a “crisis” and downplayed the threat during his visit to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) on Friday.

At a press conference, Wright defended the Trump administration’s views on climate change, energy and government efficiency (DOGE).

Wright did not announce any layoffs at ORNL. He suggests climate-related research. ORNL is the home of research including Institute of Climate Change Science,CCSI models, collects and works on climate data. Solution.

Wright promoted research into “Manhattan Project II” and artificial intelligence called nuclear energy, and appeared alongside Tennessee Sen. Bill Hagerty, US Sen. Chuck Freishman, 3rd Congressional District, and Open AI CEO Greg Brockman.

“I don’t think we’ll see a decline in science that we do about climate change or any of the other really big questions,” Wright said.

The Ministry of Energy is based on ORNL research, but Batel’s partnership, Private Nonprofit organization applied Science and Technology Development company, The University of Tennessee runs all lab activities as a contractor. Wright said he believes “100%” is not a climate “crisis” and that the scientific report supports his views.

“We did not see any increase in the frequency or intensity of hurricanes, floods, droughts, or storms. We stopped managing the forest, so wildfires are rising,” Wright said. He said that the climate is changing, but there is a risk of being neglected.

“Death from extreme weather has dropped by more than 90% in my lifetime as the population grew, hearing you remember the fears of the press and politicians,” he said. “That’s why climate change is a real phenomenon. It’s just not far from the world’s biggest problem.”

Wright also told economists that the Intergovernmental Climate Change Report stated that climate change is less important than issues such as education, free trade and “empowerment.”

on the other hand frequency Of the hurricanes that hit the US, a recent Columbia University survey showed the intensity of tropical cyclones on the East Coast and Gulf Coast I have it.

What was also not mentioned by Wright was the effect that the weather had on illness and health, apart from extreme weather. Experts at Vanderbilt University in Nashville I have it I said increase In autoinflammatory diseases, skin conditions, and even cancer, can be attributed to global climate change.

“It’s true, but it doesn’t show that it’s the world’s biggest problem in the science of climate change or the economics of climate change,” Wright said. “When you call something a crisis, it means we don’t have time to stop and think about it. We have to take action. That’s the exact opposite of climate science.”

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During Friday’s meeting, he also defended Musk, Doge and Trump, although he did not announce civil studies at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory or reductions in arms maintenance at the Y-12 national security facility. Private contractors Integrated Nuclear Security manages the Y-12 rather than the UT-Batelle. CNS will contract with the National Nuclear Security Agency. This is the semi-autonomous part of a DOE managed by another contractor.

Workers at the Y-12 National Security Facility in Oak Ridge received a letter of dismissal that was later revoked.

“Of course there is an effort to make the federal government more efficient. That means providing more services more efficiently,” Wright said. “Of course, there will be some reduction in total personnel. At the state-of-the-art national lab here, I don’t think that’s a problem at all. I’m not worried about that.”

He called Trump “passionate” for nuclear defense.

Wright criticized the Biden administration for higher energy prices and criticised it for increasing “personnel” by 20%. But like his predecessor, energy secretary Jennifer Granholm, he promoted nuclear power as part of his overall strategy.

Like Granholm, Wright visited the future location of Tennessee Valley authorities Small modular Nuclear reactor, new Types of nuclear power plants.