According to research, Carter was able to pass the Emergency Natural Gas
Act, and created the Department of Energy to regulate energy suppliers
and fund research for new energy sources.
So the answer to that question would be that he established the Department of Energy.
The main cause for the great migration, was the desire of African Americans to get away from segregation and the Jim Crowe laws. They also wanted to find better job opportunities as well. They took advantage of the needs of industrial work after World War I up North. They also confronted racial, prejudice, economics, and political challenges that African Americans faced.
Plate tectonics is what you are referring to?