Which of the following is true about the Department of Energy?

a. It was created by President George H.W. Bush as a diversionary political response to rising gas prices.
b. It was abolished by President Ronald Reagan and its duties moved to the Department of the Interior.
c. It was created by President Jimmy Carter as a political response to the energy shortage of the 1970s.
d. It was stripped of the authority to regulate nuclear power plants and oil importation by President George W. Bush.

c. It was created by President Jimmy Carter as a political response to the energy shortage of the 1970s.

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