Dive summary:

• Working from the premise that LEED standards only consider wood sustainable if the Forest Stewardship Council says it is and, consequently, from the fact that few Florida acres qualify, state House of Representatives members want to let agencies dump LEED for new buildings.
• The state requires green building, but lawmakers say LEED rejects all but 120 of Florida's 2.7 million acres certified by the American Tree Farm System.
• The president of the Forest Stewardship Council says it's an ill-informed fight because his organization's blessing is not the only way lumber can get LEED-certified for construction.

From the article:

Last week, Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant signed similar legislation directing state agencies not to exclude forest products certified by the Sustainable Forestry Initiative, Forest Stewardship Council or the American Tree Farm System. ...