L.A. takes climate change fight to the streets by pouring cooler pavement

        April 25, 2019 Los Angeles Times | United States | climate change: urban

Los Angeles is already almost 6 °F warmer than surrounding rural areas because of heat-absorbing buildings, paved roads, and minimal shade and vegetation, and will rise 4 °F more by 2050 at the current rate of increasing GHG emissions. The mayor hopes a more reflective surface-paving coating will lower temperatures (so-called cool pavement).