Categories - Natural Resources

  1. The Alaska Lands Act Is Passed
  2. Alaskan Oil Discovery Sparks Controversy
  3. The Alaskan Oil Pipeline Opens
  4. Anthracite Coal Strike
  5. Arab Oil Embargo and Energy Crisis
  6. Arab Oil Embargo Precipitates Energy Crisis
  7. Arab Oil Producers Curtail Oil Shipments to Industrial States
  8. Atlantic Richfield Discovers Oil at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska
  9. The Civilian Conservation Corps Is Established in the United States
  10. Clinton Convenes the Forest Summit
  11. Congress Establishes the Public Land Law Review Commission
  12. Congress Passes the Water Resources Research Act
  13. Congress Strengthens Water Laws
  14. Construction of Siberian Gas Pipeline Begins
  15. Construction of the Alaska Pipeline
  16. Council of Energy Resource Tribes
  17. Discovery of Oil at Spindletop Transforms the Oil Industry
  18. The Earth Resources Technology Satellite Is Launched
  19. East Asian Grain Cultivation Begins
  20. Environmentalists Defeat the Cross-Florida Barge Canal
  21. Exxon and Mobil Merge to Form World’s Largest Oil Company
  22. The First Tidal Power Station Begins Operation
  23. Florida Passes the Surface Water Improvement and Management Act
  24. The Global 2000 Report Is Issued
  25. Great Britain and France Sign the San Remo Agreement
  26. Iran Announces Nationalization of Foreign Oil Interests
  27. The Izaak Walton League Is Formed
  28. The Land Institute Is Founded to Develop Alternative Grains
  29. The Los Angeles Aqueduct Is Completed
  30. National Park Service Is Created
  31. Natural Gas Act Authorizes Federal Regulation
  32. The Natural Resources Defense Council Is Founded
  33. New York City Begins the Delaware Water System
  34. An Offshore Oil Well Blows Out Near Santa Barbara, California
  35. Oil Is Discovered in Venezuela
  36. Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Meets for the First Time
  37. Owens Valley Farmers Blow Up the Los Angeles Aqueduct
  38. Pipestone Quarries
  39. Purchase of Alaska
  40. Resource Use: Pre-contact
  41. Resources
  42. Rockefeller Founds the Population Council
  43. The Sagebrush Rebellion Begins
  44. Salt
  45. Shells and Shellwork
  46. Soviets Begin Construction of Siberian Gas Pipeline
  47. Soviets Establish a Society for the Protection of Nature
  48. The Spotted Owl Prompts Old-Growth Timber Controversy
  49. Tennessee Valley Authority Is Established
  50. Turquoise