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Atomic Energy Act: Opened way for civilian nuclear power program. 1974 Solar Energy Research, Development and Demonstration Act of 1974: Created the Solar Energy Coordination and Management Project. Created the Solar Energy Research Institute (the predecessor to NREL). 1975 Energy Policy and Conservation Act: Created Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
The list of collections of Crusader sources provides those collections of original sources for the Crusades from the 17th century through the 20th century. These include collections, regesta and bibliotheca, and provide valuable insight into the historiography of the Crusades though the identification of the various editions and translations of the sources, as well as commentary on these sources.
The package was a major step in the legislation of the energy field, both the supply and the demand side. The package has soon been followed by Energy Security Act, 8 acts signed by president Carter in 1980. [1] This sequel package addressed energy conservation and development of renewable energy sources.
Previous to the 1920s, the role of the federal government in energy was restricted to the disposition of oil, gas, and coal on federal lands. The Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 30 U.S.C. § 181 et seq. is the major federal law that authorizes and governs leasing of public lands for developing deposits of hydrocarbons and other minerals.
The Act also started the Department of Energy's Loan Guarantee Program. [34] The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 provided funding to help improve building codes and outlawed the sale of incandescent light bulbs in favor of fluorescents and LEDs. [1] The act included a solar air conditioning program and funding to increase ...
The Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (EPCA) (Pub. L. 94–163, 89 Stat. 871, enacted December 22, 1975) is a United States Act of Congress that responded to the 1973 oil crisis by creating a comprehensive approach to federal energy policy.
The Western sources for the history of the Crusades begin with the original Latin chronicles. Later works on the First Crusade were mostly derived from these and are exemplified by William of Tyre's Historia and its continuations. The later Crusades produced a vast library of first-hand accounts, biographies and chronicles. [10]
The Energy Security Act was signed into law by U.S. President Jimmy Carter on June 30, 1980. [1] It consisted of six major acts: [2] U.S. Synthetic Fuels Corporation Act; Biomass Energy and Alcohol Fuels Act; Renewable Energy Resources Act; Solar Energy and Energy Conservation Act; Geothermal Energy Act; Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Act