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 ...

Rationing made sure everyone in the country got some food. People could only have certain amounts of sugar, meat, butter and milk. Richer families discovered what it was like to go hungry. Some of the ...

In the early American military, specifically the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, food, logistics, medicine and morale were inseparable. Chocolate and cocoa fit that world neatly. They ...

Long before grocery inflation or hoarding of toilet paper, there was a different kind of issue with the food supply: lack of volume. Throughout World War II, the U.S. saw severe shortages of items ...

When life gave Katie Whipple sour milk, she made doughnuts. Since Sept. 1, Whipple, 31, of Rochester, has been following the World War II rationing standards as part of her own experimental learning ...