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the u.s. chamber of commerce continues to rack up bad press because of its knee-jerk opposition to climate change legislation. (if you want the whole sordid history, read our earlier post.)

the latest news: nike announced wednesday that it nike shox r3 shoes is resigning its position on the chambers board.

its not dropping its membership in the chamber altogether at least, not yet. but nikes statement suggests a long and happy future together air jordan kids shoes may not be in the cards.

the statement begins with:

nike believes us businesses must advocate for aggressive climate change legislation

it continues ..

we fundamentally disagree with the us chamber of commerce

and it ends rather ominously:

moving forward we will continue to evaluate our membership

nikes statement does make clear that, for now, they believe theyll be better advocates for climate air jordan 3 womens shoes change legislation by working within the chamber. but if the chamber continues to push its extreme and inflexible views, nike could become the fourth big company to walk away from the group following in the fleeing footsteps of exelon, pacific gas