Was created to find ways to conserve and develop new energy sources.
It was a speech given by President Jimmy Carter on July 15 1979 to address America's energy crisis, unemployment, and inflation.
Carter
Yes. The Department of Energy was created in 1977, partly in response to the OPEC oil embargo of 1973, and the rationing and inflated gasoline prices that followed. Former agencies included in the department were the Federal Energy Administration, the Energy Research and Development Administration, and the Federal Power Commission.
Jimmy Carter
1997
Carter created the Department of Energy to reduce America's dependence on foreign energy.
He thought the us was too dependent on foriegn oil
Jimmy Carter is famous for being the 39th President of the United States. During his presidency, he created the Department of Energy and the Department of Education.
Energy and Education
President Jimmy Carter was the president that created a Department of Energy in 1977. He also made attempts to control the abuses of strip mining for coal.
Jimmy Carter is famous for being the 39th President of the United States. During his presidency, he created the Department of Energy and the Department of Education.
Some important decisions President Carter made are returning the Panama Canal to Panama and the creation of two new departments: The Department of Education and the Department of Energy, among others.
One of the many crises that Jimmy Carter faced as President was the Energy Crisis.
The Department of Energy was started in 1977 by the Carter administration in response to the oil crisis.
Many federal agencies have been established to handle various aspects of U.S. energy policy, dating back to the creation of the Manhattan Project and the subsequent Atomic Energy Commission. The impetus for putting them all under the auspices of a single department was the 1973 energy crisis, in response to which President Jimmy Carter proposed creation of the Department of Energy (DOE). The enabling legislation was passed by the United States Congress and signed into law by President Carter on August 4, 1977. The department began operations on October 1, 1977.
President Carter attempted to solve the energy crisis by establishing the National Energy Act.
President Carter attempted to solve the energy crisis by establishing the National Energy Act.