EPA Eliminating Public from Data Center Permitting, New California EV Incentives

EPA Eliminating Public from Data Center Permitting, New California EV Incentives — Top Stories of the Week What stories have caught the most reader attention in the past week? Here’s a weekly roundup of the top stories of the week. Interesting enough, it was a simple press release from the Sierra Club that topped the list — that was a surprise! For all of the stories, scroll down below and click on the ones you haven’t read. - EPA Moves to Eliminate Public From Permitting Process for Data Centers, Concrete Batch Plants - California Introducing New EV Incentives, With Boost For Rivian & Lucid But Not Tesla - Volkswagen May Discontinue Up To Half Its Current Models - The US Army Is Launching A Next-Gen Abrams Tank, And It’s Just What You’d Expect - As BYD Cancels & Introduces Chinese Models, Global Product Diverges - Chinese EV Gets To North America With A Little Help From Stellantis - New York Now at 8 Gigawatts of Distributed Solar Power - Is Tesla In A Lose-Lose Situation With Autonomous Driving? - Volvo’s Electric Truck Is Moving Faster Than Its Hydrogen Strategy - Tesla’s Profit Per Vehicle Has Been Dropping Significantly Also be sure to peruse some of our recent CleanTechnica originals: - CleanTechnica Interview with Bill McKibben - Top Selling Electric Vehicles in the World — May 2026 - A Tour of the Jackery Energy Storage Factory & Product Testing Lab — CleanTechnica Field Trip - Buying the Most Sold Vehicle in the World, the Tesla Model Y — What Are Your Options? - A Day at the Rookery — Visiting the Sealion 5, 6, 7, and 8 - Happy Birthday, America! Hope You Find Your Way Back. - BYD Beats Tesla — Again - Tesla Has Its 4th Best Quarter Ever - BYD Commercial Vehicle Sales Up 24.7% in June - BYD Passenger Vehicle Sales Rose 5% in June - Great Wall ORA — “A Cute Little Thing” - XPENG Sales Rise 16% in June - NIO Sales Increase 63% in June! - Stop Trying to Make an “EV Gas Station”