Governments should consider imposing World War II-style policies of rationing on goods such as food, fuel and clothing in order to fight climate change, according to a newly published academic paper.

World War II restrictions cut deep into every American pantry as federal officials announced that sliced bread would be rationed on this day in history, Jan. 18, 1943. "I should like to let you know ...

During and in the aftermath of World War II, between January 1940 and September 1953, the United Kingdom rationed most food items. For some chunk of those fourteen years, everything except fish and ...

During World War II, sugar was scarce and everyone made do with less. Turns out, sugar rationing might have shielded an entire generation from diabetes and hypertension. The latest research suggests ...

My Grandma Alice was the baker in our family, the creator of simple cakes produced in a now-dented metal pan I still have somewhere. No layers, thanks. I attributed the simplicity to the thrifty ...

The official end of the war in Europe on V-E Day May 7, 1945 did not mean the end of rationing. America and its allies had been rationing many items during World War II. The aim of rationing was to ...

On May 15, 1942, 17 states joined up to begin rationing gasoline as part of the United States' World War II effort. It was mostly Eastern states that had done so, but by the end of the year, all 48 ...

Rationing is the practice of controlling the distribution of a good or service in order to cope with scarcity.