On January 28 at the White House, President Trump unveiled his plan for Middle East peace alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjanim Netanyahu. Below, Brookings experts on the peace process and the region more broadly offer their initial takes on the announcement. Natan Sachs (@natansachs), Director of the Center for Middle East Policy: This is a…

It's mostly a fake, completely rebuilt in the early 1950s.

It's not a big deal but it could become a big symbol.

Our beautiful photo of the day comes from snowy Calgary, Canada.

A new report says utilities around the world will ramp up smart grid spending, with worldwide projects hitting $46.4 billion in 2015.

They are all over the internet today; here are some that relate to buildings we have shown on TreeHugger

One of the more invasive geoengineering methods that's been proposed to avert global warming is spraying clouds with seawater to whiten them, reflecting solar radiation. New research presented at the European Geosciences Union meeting urges caution

If good design means longevity, Hubble is well on its way to redeeming the missteps that required high-tech space missions for vision correction before it could serve its purpose. Could it be a coinicidence that Hubble

The Vancouver architect is famous for "tall wood" but still has a knack for little good wood buildings too.

These sand "castles" are not your usual holiday beach creations.

From a $50,000 portable recycled house to a tiny green egg house for Chinese students, TreeHugger has already offered plenty of posts that prove that green living doesn't have to mean high-end LEED certified luxury.

The Architecture Foundation of British Columbia issues a challenge: Design a four-person home made entirely of materials from a 100-mile radius around Vancouver.

It's not all about numbers, really there's more.

He is one of Asia's emerging architects, famous for building stunning, affordable and durable buildings out of bamboo.

Referencing traditional terraced agriculture, this modern house with terraces has an integrated rainwater collection and irrigation system that would allow it to grow greenery.

If you thought the flooding in the northeast in the wake of Hurricane Irene and subsequent storms dropping heavy rain, thank your lucky stars you're not in Pakistan. In a repeat of last summer, the nation is again in the grips of catastrophic flooding,

You are not just buying a box but a full service design/build package. Could this take container architecture mainstream?

A state of emergency has been declared in Hungary where four people are dead, 120 injured and six missing as torrents of red toxic sludge, the byproduct of bauxite refining for aluminum, burst from a containment pond and poured through six villages in

Stand Up (On Your Bike) And Be Counted I've already written about Copenhagen's cyclist counter a while ago. I still think it's a great idea, not only to count cyclists, but as a subtle tool to show the strength of the local bike community and to add a

This all-natural DIY solution to dirty kicks went viral on Twitter ... for good reason!

From sexy Leo's mega donation to tigers to Kevin Costner's surprise knowledge of oil clean-up technology, celebrities were on fire this year. There were a few mistakes, however....such as NBC's "Tonight Show" debacle, which sent a barely used set to landf

Snoop Dogg publishes eco-friendly, promotional book of lyrics to his chart-topping hits that you can smoke.

I wrote my first TreeHugger post more than seven years ago. Since then, there's been a lot of water under the bridge. Here are some of the many highlights.

Aedas designs a railway station like a hill you can walk on.

This digitally fabricated project revives a traditional material with new building technologies.

A new proposal for Hong Kong tries to fit people into pipes.

Seven architects have created massive and impressive new structures inside a building from the 1700's.

Why can't the Wall Street Journal call it what it is?

Want to know which cities in Asia are going to get really whacked by climate change, and which ones have the greatest ability to adapt to it? Well, WWF has just released a new report that ranks 11 of them

A 18-foot-wide helix turbine specially designed for urban spaces has been installed on the roof of Progressive Field, ready to begin churning out energy on opening day.

It's almost like there is a concerted campaign to turn distracted walking into a serious problem.

Turns out he was doing 46 miles per hour in a 25 mile-per-hour zone. But let's all blame the girl for distracted walking!

Because shipping containers are designed to move and these ones might have to.

This architect converted a shipping container to accommodate an expanding office.

It's partially built out of Cross Laminated Timber; it "immerses students in this relatively new product."

This portable pavilion has a clever lightweight structure where the bookshelves hold up the roof.

As if giraffes weren't exotic enough, this very rare mother and baby seem outright otherworldly in their absence of color and pattern.

And put away your phone if you are on vacation.

An important, if short, cautionary tale on being dependent on any single foreign source of energy.

Pop-up gardens, urban farms, guerrilla bike lanes, examples of crowdsourced city planning, and other urban interventions will be the focus of the official U.S. Pavilion at the world's most prestigious architecture event.

The U.S. Pavilion is spotlighting grassroots efforts to make cities and neighborhoods greener, safer, and happier places to live.

The so-called "bleeding" veggie burger is bleedin' everywhere these days.

A few intrepid film makers went to check it out. Their responses were not exactly uniform.

There is a shipping container building revolution coming, but it won't look like a bunch of silly boxes.

With the social networking site Facebook recently opening up their platform to external applications, many organizations and companies are taking advantage of the social connection that Facebook thrives on. We previously covered attempts to use

MAKAR is doing the kind of work that puts North American architects and builders to shame.

Stairs are coming out of the closet and becoming the major architectural element, helping keep people active and healthy.

Based on the belief that we carry black or white pebbles with us, depending on the choices we make in our lives (black pebbles represent self-focused, irresponsible decisions; white pebbles represent a life of sound,

Your phone makes it easier and safer.