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California Gov. Gavin Newsom blames recent wildfires on global warming, while President Trump blames it on poor forest management. But what if they’re both right?

What if there was a solution that involved removing wide swaths of timber to prevent fires – which the president wants – and then using that wood to cut carbon emissions?

In California on Monday, the president mentioned that Scandinavian countries carefully manage their forests – which they do – but when I looked it up, I found that wooden skyscrapers.

Yes – wooden skyscrapers! Using new wood laminates as strong and as fireproof as steel, the hope is that the design will , because that’s what wood does.

“One study showed that using wood to construct a 125-meter skyscraper could reduce the building’s carbon footprint by up to 75%,” one economist estimates.

In fact, Norway already has an 18-story wood skyscraper, and there are plans .

So, the answer looks clear to me – go ahead and clear those firebreaks to make Trump happy, and use all that wood to trap the carbon forever in wooden skyscrapers. Heck, I bet IKEA could snap one together in an afternoon.

Earth saved.

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