A common octopus off the coast of Kornati, Croatia.

A Spanish company is aiming to factory farm octopuses for their meat, contending that it would help conserve the creatures in the wild. But critics argue that caging these highly sensitive mollusks, whose intelligence science is still revealing, would be cruel and inhumane.

By Christian Schwägerl

  • INTERVIEW

    At 11,500 Feet, a ‘Climate Fast’ to Save the Melting Himalaya

    Sonam Wangchuk has long worked to help people in India’s Ladakh region adapt to climate change. In an e360 interview, he explains why he fasted for 21 days to pressure the government to grant legal protections to the region’s fragile ecosystem and its life-giving glaciers.

    By Jonathan Mingle

  • Climate

    Nations Are Undercounting Emissions, Putting UN Goals at Risk

    Because of lax rules, national inventories reported to the United Nations grossly underestimate many countries’ greenhouse gas emissions. The result, analysts say, is that the world can not verify compliance with agreed emissions targets, jeopardizing global climate agreements.

    By Fred Pearce

  • Solutions

    As Carbon Air Capture Ramps Up, Major Hurdles Remain

    Aided by tax breaks and carbon credits, scores of plants are being developed or are now operating that remove CO2 from the air. Such facilities are considered necessary to limit global warming, but critics have questions about the high costs and where the captured carbon will go.

    By Nicola Jones

ANALYSIS

How China Became the World’s Leader on Renewable Energy

China has achieved stunning growth in its installed renewable capacity over the last two decades, far outpacing the rest of the world. But to end its continued dependence on fossil fuels, it must now move ahead with planned reforms to its national electricity system.

By Isabel Hilton

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Hari Ram uses a solar-powered pump to supply water to his farm in Solawata, India.

Food & Agriculture

How a Solar Revolution in Farming Is Depleting World’s Groundwater

Farmers in hot, arid regions are turning to low-cost solar pumps to irrigate their fields, eliminating the need for expensive fossil fuels and boosting crop production. But by allowing them to pump throughout the day, the new technology is drying up aquifers around the globe.

By Fred Pearce

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