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• The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is supporting the the American High-Performance Building Coalition in opposing LEEDv4 standards that would require transparent reporting of the content of building materials, so Skanska USA has decided to dump the Chamber.
• Skanska, based in New York City, advocates green building and said in an announcement on its website that it left the Chamber to protest its "backing of a chemical industry-led initiative to effectively ban the future use of LEED for government buildings."
• “The U.S. Chamber of Commerce was created to advocate for pro-business policies that create jobs and support our economy, The numbers prove that LEED and green building do just that," CEO and President Mike McNally said in the posted statement.

From the article:

The U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design standard govern[s] design and construction specs on new federal structures. ...