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Gov. Brown's environmental tour of southeast LA, the global sand shortage, Canoga Park's temperature cooling pavement
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May 25, 2017
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Gov. Brown's environmental tour of southeast LA, the global sand shortage, Canoga Park's temperature cooling pavement

Gov. Brown's tour of polluted areas in southeast LA, global sand shortage has some large-scale implications, Canoga Park tries out temperature cooling pavement

File: California Gov. Jerry Brown speaks during the third day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Wednesday, July 27, 2016.
File: California Gov. Jerry Brown speaks during the third day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Wednesday, July 27, 2016.
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Gov. Brown's tour of polluted areas in southeast LA, global sand shortage has some large-scale implications, Canoga Park tries out temperature cooling pavement 

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