abatement

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If someone hasn’t paid a penalty yet, they could say they were owed an abatement to reduce or eliminate the penalty.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

The document added that Canadian natural gas “has one of the lowest emissions intensities in the world. With the introduction of new technologies for methane abatement, we will be capable of further reducing emissions intensity.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Mediation tends to produce short-term crisis abatement at the cost of long-term stability because agreements reached under third-party pressure often fail to resolve the underlying conditions responsible for conflict in the first place.

From Barron's • Apr. 18, 2026

City officials even offered the warehouse owner, Dalfen Industrial, 10 years’ worth of tax abatement, totaling about $20 million, if they agreed not to sell their warehouse to DHS.

From Slate • Mar. 12, 2026

The Department of Health and Human Services launched an investigation and concluded that the study’s consent forms “failed to provide an adequate description” of the different levels of lead abatement in the homes.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot