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President Jimmy Carter created the Department of Energy after going through the Oil crisis of 1973
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Nuclear Accident in Pennsylvania Creates Widespread Public Opposition to Nuclear Power
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World's First Wind Farm Built in New Hampshire
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First Large Scale Solar-Thermal Power Plant Begins Operation in Daggett, California
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First Complete Decontamination and Decommissioning of a Nuclear Reactor in the US
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Largest Nuclear Accident Ever Takes Place at Chernobyl in the Former Soviet Union
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Exxon Valdez Disaster in Alaska Becomes the Largest Oil Spill in US Waters
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Congress Passes Act to Stimulate Development of Hydrogen Power
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Plans Announced to Build FutureGen, the Worlds First Zero Emissions Coal Power Plant
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BP Oil Rig Explodes & Causes Largest Oil Spill in US History