Sentences with phrase «use hypothetical arguments»

Dirty energy lobbyists, including those of Chevron, could effectively use hypothetical arguments of TTIP illegality to chill government action on both sides of the Atlantic to curtail hydraulic «fracking» for natural gas, deny permits for liquefied natural gas export terminals, close coal - fired power plants, and prohibit new coal mining, oil drilling, and oil / gas pipeline operations, among others.

The immediate threat in the United States is that dirty energy lobbyists will effectively use hypothetical arguments of WTO or NAFTA illegality to chill congressional action and provide cover for U.S. legislators who are indebted to Big Oil, Big Coal and the LNG lobby for campaign contributions, even though international trade law is not incorporated into U.S. domestic law and violations can not be enforced in U.S. domestic courts.

Not exact matches

It was the underlying arguments and conclusions used by Shapley and Curtis that are held up to modern scientific scrutiny - not a hypothetical straw pole of an audience that consisted of mostly non-astronomers.

The most crucial flaw in your argument is that you're trying to argue «proven» through the use of hypotheticals.

You might remember the «left» opposition using a hypothetical resident of Georgetown as an argument against I - 732, saying that I - 732 would not do enough about the local pollution suffered by Georgetown residents.

Here is a hypothetical: we are 1 % of the «problem», and use that as an argument against doing our part now.

Mummery LJ gave short shrift to Allen's argument that following Shamoon v Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary [2003] UKHL 11, [2003] 2 All ER 26 in cases where a hypothetical comparator is being used the tribunal must move straight to stage 2.

In order to explain some of these, and to conclude this argument, let's use a hypothetical property that is available for purchase for $ 100,000.