abatement

Example Sentences

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His company specializes in court-ordered abatement of “nuisance conditions at slum properties, abandoned properties, and various types of dilapidated properties in California,” according its website.

From Los Angeles Times

But polluters that use carbon credits to achieve more than 30% of their abatement would have to explain why they were not doing more to reduce their own emissions.

From Seattle Times

From where will the funds come to pay for this abatement?

From Washington Post

Profits are small, noise abatement orders and property developments threaten their existence, and landlords have been known to suddenly demand rent increases of up to 400%.

From BBC

A draft white paper that EPA released last month and is now taking public comment on lays out technical options for CO2 abatement at new gas power plants.

From Scientific American