Energy Secretary Chris Wright said in an exclusive interview that freezing offshore wind projects doesn't make America a risky place to invest — but he wants Congress to overhaul permitting to make other infrastructure easier to advance.

Why it matters: Wright is powerful in Trump 2.0 — a point man for the White House "dominance" agenda on fossil fuels, powering AI data centers, and shredding Biden-era climate playbooks. • The former fracking exec offered a peek into his upcoming moves and current thinking in a chat with Axios that ranged widely from offshore wind to nuclear waste to climate science.

Here are five highlights:

1. Offshore wind pullbacks are a "one-off exception." Those Atlantic Coast projects already permitted or under construction that Trump's team is freezing? "There

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