A development planned for a north Los Angeles county that would create 60,000 housing units and generate tens of thousands of jobs is on hold thanks to efforts by greens who believe that limiting greenhouse gasses and saving a few obscure species trumps economic and human development. The Newhall Ranch project has been in limbo of decades, even though it would be one of the greenest communities in America.  Apparently, not green enough. Wall Street Journal: With energy-efficient lighting, comprehensive recycling, bike trails and drought-tolerant landscaping, the 12,000-acre planned community would be a green Levittown. But the proposed development—one of the biggest in state history—has been under siege from its inception in 1994 by environmental activists. The California Supreme Court recently rejected Newhall’s final environmental-impact report. The court’s legally nebulous decision could delay construction for years—and cast a pall...(Read Full Post)