Jimmy Carter, Ronald Fokking Ragan - The Road to Alternative Energy

While president, he signed in 14 major pieces of environmental legislation. He funded the first ever proper research into alternative energy. The one big thing that carter didn't get a chance to confront was carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Jimmy carter brought in like the first federalhy founded toxic waste clean up. As well as putting those solar panels on the roof of the white house, and introducing the idea of solar panels to the public lexicon.