Sentences with phrase «lacked scientific justification»

Some governments tried to undermine the proposal by suggesting that it lacked scientific justification.

The American Petroleum Institute said in a statement that the action lacks scientific justification.

The decision lacks scientific justification, was not supported by the record, and will lead to an inefficient use of public and private resources.

The administration's decision to withdraw the application for a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, lacks scientific justification and could hamper the nation's effort to use nuclear energy to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.

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A few other «folk» cures may have some scientific justification, though they seem to lack rigorous support and can even seem contradictory.

Three types of ACHM experiments should be forbidden, the report says, because they «lack compelling scientific justification or raise very strong ethical concerns.»

We've noted the lack of scientific and public health justification for stricter standards while highlighting potential risks to the economy.

The overarching justification for most climate change policies today derives from a political interpretation of Principle 15 (now called the Precautionary Principle) of the United Nations Rio Declaration of 1992, which states: «Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost - effective measures to prevent environmental degradation.»

In summary, your argument pointing to the lacking statistical significance of the temperature trend estimate for a time period is not sufficient empirical / statistical evidence or scientific justification for the claim that there was a «pause» of global surface / troposphere warming.