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Einstein wrote a letter to President Roosevelt indicating the Germany was in the process of researching long chemical chain reactions that could lead to very strong bombs in the near future. This was very important information considering WWII was eminent.
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Congress authorizes the Bureau of Mines to build an energy research lab.
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Truman transferred Manhattan Project assets and responsibilities to the civilian Atomic Energy Commission.
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The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is created by Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela.
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200,000 gallons of crude oil were released in the Pacific Ocean creating an 800 square mile oil slick.
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The United States, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and forty-five other nations agree to not manufacture more nuclear weapons.
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Dedicated to finding and improving solar energy.
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Nuclear meltdown in Pennsylvania.
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It is the nation's first comprehensive nuclear waste program.
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Explosion and fire on oil rig drilling.
