As the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai wraps up, Democratic lawmakers and clean-air advocates are calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to release strict rules on emissions from heavy-duty trucks. The agency is expected to act in the next few months. U.S. .
The number of people in Wyoming who don t know where their next meal will come from is on the rise, according to new U.S. Department of Agriculture data. Rachel Bailey - executive director of the Food Bank of Wyoming - said organizations like hers are also facing higher food costs as they work to ensure neighbors in need can access nourishing food during the winter holidays, and beyond. .
A handful of Iowa s biggest cities has been awarded $3 million to work on solutions to climate change at the local level. The climate pollution reduction grants are part of a $5 billion program to assess climate change and come up with ways to address a steadily warming planet. Pam Mackey-Taylor, director of the Iowa chapter of the Sierra Club, said when the state of Iowa declined to apply for the grants, it opened up the opportunities to individual communities. .
Workers at the Tacoma Art Museum are celebrating a unique union victory that could be a model for other museums. The 26 members of Tacoma Art Museum Workers United voted unanimously in favor of the union in November. It s Washington state s first cross-department union in an art museum, although they re still seeking to include two security workers. .
A new report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau found the repayment process for federal student loans has been filled with errors. Repayments began in October following a three-year pandemic-related pause. Since then, complaints of inaccurate bills, late notices and poor customer service have only increased. .