Actions designed to mitigate water problems must focus where the impact occurs to make them relevant.
One said a KPMG tax shelter was "designed to mitigate an individual's income" and gift and estate taxes.
Or are these reforms just short-term, reversible measures, designed to mitigate an acute shortage of cash?
He contends that under federal law, payments to local communities are designed to mitigate the impact of a casino, not buy political support.
Affirmative action, which began in the United States in 1965, is a policy designed to mitigate historic and present discrimination and institutional racism and sexism.
More important, innovative products designed to mitigate risk were seen as having reduced the likelihood that a financial cataclysm could put the entire system at risk.
The oil-for-food programme, a UN scheme designed to mitigate the embargo's worst effects by allowing Iraq to trade oil for humanitarian goods, is slow and cumbersome.
The mortgages were packaged together and sold in bundles, backed by intricate and highly leveraged financial contracts, in a scheme designed to mitigate risk.
One Hundred and One Dalmatians introduced a new animation technology called xerography, which was designed to mitigate the skyrocketing costs of traditional animated movies.
Of course, MLS's lop-sided fixture list – designed to mitigate the travelling done by each team – has to be factored into any mile-by-mile assessment, but the physical commitments asked of its players is in no doubt.
But the generous allowances were condemned by environmental groups worried about the chemicals used in fracking and fearful that burning more gas will make it impossible to hit carbon reduction targets designed to mitigate climate change.
