The Download: what's next for electricity, and living in the conspiracy age

Plus: Donald Trump wants to outlaw individual states' right to regulate AI The International Energy Agency recently released the latest version of the World Energy Outlook, the annual report that takes stock of the current state of global energy and looks toward the future. It contains some interesting insights and a few surprising figures about electricity, grids, and the state of climate change. Let's dig into some numbers . This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review's weekly climate newsletter. Everything is a conspiracy theory now. Our latest series " The New Conspiracy Age " delves into how conspiracies have gripped the White House, turning fringe ideas into dangerous policy, and how generative AI is altering the fabric of truth.