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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