The fossil fuel comeback is here

<figure> <img alt="Photo illustration of industrial smokestacks." data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25824781/STK438_CLIMATE_CHANGE_C.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The US is building more fossil fuel infrastructure than it has in a decade while renewable energy growth slows down, a new <a href="https://www.edf.org/media/report-us-power-pipeline-shifts-toward-more-costly-polluting-fossil-fuels-clean-energy-faces">report</a> shows.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Electricity demand is also climbing faster than it has in <a href="https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=65264">more than a decade</a> with more data centers, factories, and electric vehicles plugging into the grid. Despite those growing demands, the Trump administration has <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/business/energy-environment/donald-trump-solar-energy-batteries.html">sought to hobble</a> the wind and solar industries in favor of fossil fuels.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">America's energy landscape is already shifting as a result, according to the report published last week by the nonprofit Environmental Defense Fund and research firm Atlas Public Policy. If all the gas projects in the d …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/science/1013954/fossil-fuel-power-infrastructure-data-centers-report">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>