Sivas

[see-vahs]

noun

1. a city in central Turkey.

Sivas

/ ˈsivɑs /

noun

1. a city in central Turkey, at an altitude of 1347 m (4420 ft): one of the chief cities in Asia Minor in ancient times; scene of the national congress (1919) leading to the revolution that established modern Turkey. Pop: 266 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

Deborah Sivas, a professor of environmental law at Stanford’s Law School, said it’s getting harder to see a successful path forward for Sable.

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At the same time, government lawyers will be charged with preparing arguments to justify why deregulation makes sense, to defend these decisions in court as they have during previous Republican administrations, Sivas said.

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“It’s going to throw climate policy into many years of litigating what these cases actually mean when applied to individual rulemakings,” said Deborah Sivas, an environmental law professor at Stanford University.

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Still, the state would face a fight over future earnings if it forced an operator to close a productive platform, Sivas said.

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“As they age, these platforms become more and more fragile” and corroded from ocean water, said Deborah Sivas, professor of environmental law at Stanford Law School.

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