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  • Albert Einstein

    Albert Einstein
    Albert Einstein initiates further research on nuclear chain reactions.

  • Eisenhower

    Eisenhower
    President Eisenhower signs the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, opening the way for development of a civilian nuclear power program.

  • Nonproliferation

    Nonproliferation
    The United States, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and forty-five other nations sign the Treaty for the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

  • Jimmy Carter

    Jimmy Carter
    President Carter signs the Emergency Natural Gas Act of 1977.

  • Energy Department

    Energy Department
    President Carter announces National Energy Plan in his first major energy speech. His plan calls for the establishment of an energy department.

  • Jimmy Carter

    Jimmy Carter
    President Carter proclaims a national energy supply shortage and establishes temperature restrictions in nonresidential buildings.

  • Regan

    Regan
    President Reagan signs the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, the Nation's first comprehensive nuclear waste legislation.

  • Clinton

    Clinton
    President Clinton announces that the United States will stabilize greenhouse gas emissions at 1990 levels by the year 2000.

  • Secretary of Energy

    Secretary of Energy
    President-elect Bush nominates outgoing Senator Spencer Abraham as Secretary of Energy.

  • Oil

    Oil
    Crude oil prices drop to $50.48 a barrel, the lowest price since May 2005. Oil is down over a third from its high of $77.03 on July 14, 2006.