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Fuel committees were organized down to the county level. [1] The activities of the administration included setting and enforcing the prices of coal. [2] The administration had broad powers to set the price of coal at various points (mine, dock) and the cost of transportation (by rail), and in regard to end use (home, factory, or business, etc ...
The Food and Fuel Control Act, Pub. L. 65–41, 40 Stat. 276, enacted August 10, 1917, also called the Lever Act or the Lever Food Act was a World War I era US law that among other things created the United States Food Administration and the United States Fuel Administration, as well as the Price Fixing Committee of the War Industries Board.
The United States is divided into five Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts, or PADDs. These were created during World War II under the Petroleum Administration for War to help organize the allocation of fuels derived from petroleum products, including gasoline and diesel (or "distillate") fuel. Today, these regions are still used for ...
What is the Trump administration doing exactly? Duffy ordered his chief of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to "propose the rescission or replacement of any fuel economy standards" necessary to bring the rules in line with Trump's priority of promoting oil and biofuel. The order came in a DOT memorandum Tuesday night. Duffy ...
President Joe Biden's administration expects to release short-term guidance on clean fuel tax credits on Friday and leave final decisions to President-elect Donald Trump's incoming administration ...
In August 1917, President Woodrow Wilson asked him to run the nation's United States Fuel Administration during World War I, and he took a leave of absence from his duties as president of Williams. [3] [6] [5] Garfield's duty was to conserve the coal supply and keep the price within reasonable bounds. Local committees were appointed throughout ...
Corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards are regulations in the United States, first enacted by the United States Congress in 1975, [1] after the 1973–74 Arab Oil Embargo, to improve the average fuel economy of cars and light trucks (trucks, vans and sport utility vehicles) produced for sale in the United States. More recently ...
Power Plant and Industrial Fuel Use Act (Pub. L. 95–620) Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–621) The legislative initiative was introduced by President Carter. The package was a major step in the legislation of the energy field, both the supply and the demand side.