Word: conservationism
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Franklin Roosevelt possessed a gentleman farmer's scholarly and poetic approach to land and growing things. He studied conservation, raised
The reason is clear: consumers increasingly battered by the recession are simply changing their driving and commuting habits and switching to gas-frugal imports. Appeals to patriotism or anti-OPEC tirades were not as effective in forcing conservation as the rise in gas prices. Says Thomas Halloran, a student at...
Buddy, can you spare a dime? Apparently not when it is added to the already steep price of gasoline. Ruling on a suit to prevent Jimmy Carter from imposing a 10? per gal. conservation fee on gasoline, U.S. District Judge Aubrey Robinson Jr. concluded that the President had exceeded his...
When Carter announced the impost in March, he based his action on the 1962 Trade Expansion Act, which allows the President to limit imports to protect national security. But five Congressmen and a variety of industry and consumer groups brought suit, charging that since the fee would apply to gasoline...
Despite the temporary reprieve for Sohio customers, they and drivers all over the nation will face a new price increase this week. The gasoline conservation fee announced by President Carter in March is scheduled to hit the pumps about May 15. The fee would raise the cost of gasoline at...