An appellate court rejected the master-planned community south of Escondido last year based on greenhouse gas emissions. It's the latest of several suburban housing projects halted by environmental groups.
A 453-home master-planned community south of Escondido was put on ice Wednesday — the latest suburban housing project blocked in the courts by environmental groups based largely on wildfire and climate change concerns.
The Sierra Club, Elfin Forest Harmony Grove Town Council, Endangered Habitats League, and Cleveland National Forest Foundation quickly filed lawsuits against both projects,that decision last year, saying the projects were inconsistent with the county’s general plan and regional efforts to reign in greenhouse gases from cars and trucks.
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