I disagree with this - economic growth has almost always perfectly aligned with increased energy use, however this is not a bad thing.
The history of the human race has been about moving from less dense sources of energy to higher dense ones. From wood, to charcoal, to coal, to oil, to gas, to nuclear fission, to nuclear fusion. Abundance of energy is an absolute must for economic growth.
The good news is that what we have started to decouple our impact on the environment and economic growth.
I would also go as far as saying that economic growth is a necessity for us to combat climate change. The development of advanced technology like fusion, better desalination, higher density and more efficient farming, will all help reduce our impact on the planet.