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Hoover Dam opened
Hoover dam, the first Hydropower plant opens. -
First controlled nuclear reaction
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First Nuclear Power Plant
First nuclear power plant built in Idaho -
Santa Barbara Oil Spill
This oil spill got people to see the negative envirpnmental effects of oil drilling. -
Federal Surface Mining Control Act passed
Signed to lessen the environmental impacts of minig -
US Department of Energy created
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Three mile Island nuclear accident
Caused widespread fear annd opposition about nuclear energy. -
Chernobyl Nuclear accident
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Kingston, TN coal ash spill
Largest Coal ash spill in US history -
BP oil rig explosion\spill
Largest Oil spill In US history
