abatement
Example Sentences
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“Once you have a carbon price into the mid-teens, and certainly into the twenties, that’s a very healthy level. You can drive a lot of abatement with a carbon price at those levels.”
New York, Washington and Boston have property tax abatement programs, for example.
From Los Angeles Times
About $2.7 million was allocated for security services, fire safety upgrades and graffiti abatement.
From Los Angeles Times
If the council agrees the lights amount to a statutory nuisance, it can issue an abatement notice which if ignored could result in a fine.
From BBC
The suit seeks a court order requiring the wells to be properly plugged, as well as abatement for the harms caused by their pollution.
From Los Angeles Times
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