stave off

The primary near-term goal appears to be staving off the expiration next year of the 2017 tax cuts, which disproportionately benefited corporations and the wealthy.

The high school and preschool campus, not far away, survived thanks to teachers and families who staved off flames.

Proponents say the new monuments will protect a plethora of vulnerable wildlife and culturally significant sites while staving off development and resource extraction — including of clean energy.

A coalition led by tribal leaders says the forthcoming California monuments will protect a plethora of wildlife and culturally significant sites while staving off resource extraction — including of clean energy — and housing development.

“It’s not a solution; it’s potentially a tool to stave off some of the worst effects, assuming a good mitigation pathway. We call it ‘peak-shaving,’” he said, but it’s not a substitute for reducing emissions.