Silvan Foundation

Joe Biden, touted as the US’s first climate president, is presiding over the quiet weakening of his two most significant plans to slash...

A washing-machine-sized satellite is to “name and shame” the worst methane polluters in the oil and gas industry. MethaneSat is scheduled...

Jade Jaubert receives the most likes to win the February Silvan Photo Award. Click to enter your photography.

Scientists pursuing fusion energy say they have found a way to overcome one of their biggest challenges to date — by using artificial...

New research reveals that dozens of New York universities, hospitals, museums and non-profits are employing lobbyists that also work for...

Voluntary family planning is too often ignored as a means to lower carbon emissions. But by making reproductive technologies more freely...

Kevin Frick received the most likes last month to win the Silvan Photo Award. Click to enter your photography.

DL Ruiz wins the receives the most likes to win the March Silvan Photo Award. Click to enter your photography.

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/gallery/2016/jun/28/from-skyrises-to-traffic-jams-our-densely-populated-planet-in-pictures

Jason Schronce wins the February Silvan Photo Award. Click here to enter

Deep in the confines of the hulking, brutalist headquarters of the US Department of Energy, down one of its long, starkly lit corridors,...

Conventional fuel for transport (air travel, in particular) is one of the most significant contributors to CO2, making the...

SYDNEY, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Australia will set aside at least 30% of its land mass for conservation in a bid to protect plants and animals...

Kevin Frick wins the Silvan Photo Award for Setember with this photo. Click here to enter your photos for the award.

How happy do you feel right now? The question is asked by an app on my phone, and I drag the slider to the space between “not much” and...

A half century after founding the outdoor apparel maker Patagonia, Yvon Chouinard, the eccentric rock climber who became a reluctant...

The environmental benefits of using electricity rather than fossil fuels to power our world goes without saying— however, the process of...

Assessments from scientists about the consequences of climate change are increasingly dire. They say we only have a few years to try to...

Stephen Crane wins the August Photo Award and $100 with this image. For a chance to win the award, enter your own images.

Panama is among the 25 most megadiverse countries in the world. It is home to big cats like jaguars and ocelots, 6 distinct monkey...