The “slash” left after logging a forest – the branches, leaves, roots, etc.. – adds more carbon dioxide to the atmosphere when it decays than the forest takes away. Government regulations to reduce this slash, perhaps motivating industry to find more uses for the slash in paper and wood products, can bring the U.S. close to being in compliance with the Global Warming Treaty. All we need to do is think, “A BTU saved is a BTU earned.”