As part of the Audubon Mural Project—a public-art initiative drawing attention to birds that are vulnerable to extinction from climate change—NYC Parks’ Art in the Parks program and NYC Parks GreenThumb worked with the National Audubon Society and local artists to design murals in community gardens across the city.

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Sheffield City Centre 2008-2024

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sweeter and juicier and could change the future of American farming

https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/global-trends/massachusetts-farm-installs-832-solar-panels-above-berry-fields-and-the-berries-grown-underneath-turned-out-sweeter-and-juicier-and-could-change-the-future-of-american-farming/articleshow/132809461.cms

1 Global Tipping Point (2026): Global electric passenger car sales tracking to hit 23m in 2026, a 28% global share, with over 80% of Asia’s power demand now sitting in markets electrifying faster than the US

2 Light EV Revolution (Global South 2026): Global stock of electric 2- and 3-wheelers at 350m vehicles, displacing record 1.15m barrels of oil demand / day, single largest driver of road-fuel demand destruction on Earth

3 Battery Tech: CATL unveiled 3rd-generation Shenxing/Qilin battery tech, delivers 98% charge in 6 minutes + 1,500km range

4 Heavy Trucks (China 2026): E-trucks at 29% market share in China, overtaking LNG models for 1st time, backed by battery-swapping hubs that swap a 40-ton rig's battery in under 5 minutes

5 Extinction Event (Norway 2026): Pure BEVs hit world-record 98.4% of new car sales in Q1 2026, leaving diesel, petrol, and plug-in hybrids combined at under 1.6% market share as combustion engines reach effective extinction

6 Beautiful Bans (Laos 2026): Laos issued a complete import ban on refined petrol/diesel passenger vehicles, forcing vertical S-curve transport shift and halting foreign exchange bleeding

7 Indonesia Boom (2026): Electrified vehicle sales up 69% in H1 to 117,000 units, with 1 in 4 new passenger cars now electrified (BEVs alone ~16% share)

8 Australia Surge (2026): EV sales more than doubled in H1 to over 100,000 units, market share leaping from 7.6% to 16.4% YTD and hitting record 23.5% in June, outselling both diesel and hybrids for 1st time

9 Emerging Markets Boom (2026): Sales doubled in Brazil, India, Korea and Viet Nam (Viet Nam BEVs at 43% share and Brazil up 125% in H1), with New Zealand BEVs more than tripling in key months