AI has triggered the biggest gas-plant building boom in history, and a quiet fight to stop it

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By Alina Maria StanJul 12, 2026, 11:21 am198 ptsTrendingTop
The AI build-out has done something the fossil-fuel industry could not do for itself. It has set off the largest-ever construction boom in natural gas-fired power plants, the Associated Press reports. Aging coal plants are being kept alive past their retirement dates too. Utilities, plant owners, and the…

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