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Commercial production of coal starts near richmond,VA
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Benjamin Franklin Descovers that lightning is made out out electricity
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Michael Faraday creates the first electric motor
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Edwin Drake is the first person to drill for oil .He drilled in Titusville, Pennsylvania, and was succesful.
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In New York City, Thomas Edison creates the first coal-powered station and it provides houses electricity.
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The frist liquidfied natural gas plant opens up in West Virgina
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In Shippingport Pennsylvaina, The first nuclar power plant goes into service,
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The University of Delaware builds Solar One, which is one of the first solar energy collectors.
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The Guri Dam, the second largest dam in the world, begins providing energy in Venezuela.
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The Kyoto Protocol comes into force. This protocol declares that industrialized nations need to reduce their CO2 emissions as well as other green house gasses by 5.2% of the 1990 numbers.
