(FREE) PAINE IN THE MORNING: What you need to know this Thursday – July 21, 2022

Here’s what you need to know today, Thursday – July 21, 2022.

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Texans Face Calls For Water, Energy Conservation –  As Texas experiences a record-shattering heat wave, residents are being asked to conserve not only energy, but now water.

”We’re seeing a stress on our system because of peak demands with peak weather conditions. We are enduring a long, hot, dry summer,” said Wayne Larson, the director of communications for the North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD). “The forecast doesn’t seem like it will change. We are trying to manage and meet the rising peak demands of our customers.” – READ MORE

Durbin: Climate ‘Emergency’ Is ‘More Important Than’ Current Economy, Inflation – On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Beat,” Senate Majority Whip Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) responded to Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) inflation concerns on climate legislation by stating that climate is “an emergency” that “We have to do everything that we can” about, and this is “more important than any current economic statistics” like inflation.

Host Ari Melber asked, “Is the global macro inflation a reason not to do something on climate right now? How do you work with your colleague there when sometimes his reasons don’t really match what’s happening?” – READ MORE

Bidenflation Pushes Diesel Prices Sky-High, Smashing Farmers, Truckers, and Consumers – Diesel fuel is a staple for the farmers and truckers who supply Americans with their essential needs – and its price has skyrocketed in recent months, driven by inflation to far outstrip regular gasoline in price hikes.

AP reports diesel fuel was averaging $5.52 a gallon nationally Tuesday — up a dizzying 68 percent from a year ago, when it was selling for just $3.28. By comparison, a gallon of regular gasoline is averaging $4.50, up 42 percent from a year ago. – READ MORE

Where’s the beef? – How can it be that with so much cattle in America, we sometimes can’t buy meat?

At the beginning of the pandemic, Costco, Wegmans and Kroger limited purchases of beef. Hundreds of Wendy’s outlets ran out of hamburgers. – READ MORE

Skittles Allegedly “Unfit For Human Consumption,” Lawsuit Claims – Bloomberg Law reports a new lawsuit filed in California claims that Skittles contain a dangerous toxin called “titanium dioxide,” rendering the candy “unfit for human consumption.”

On Thursday, plaintiff Jenile Thames filed a lawsuit in the Northern District of California against Skittles-maker Mars Inc., alleging consumers who “taste the rainbow” of sugar “are at heightened risk of a host of health effects for which they were unaware stemming from genotoxicity – the ability of a chemical substance to change DNA.” – READ MORE

Google Maps Users Troll Biden With Mocking Landmark Where He Fell Off Bike –Snopes noted Tuesday that Google Maps allows user to create their own public landmarks, meaning the site was created by a user to troll Biden.

The Washington Examiner noted that as of Tuesday morning, the landmark had a 4.9-star rating on Google Maps, from more than 200 reviews. “Very nice place to ride a bike,” one of the reviews reads, via Washington Examiner. “Just be careful not to cause too much inflation in your tires or you can end up crashing your whole bike into the ground. But if that happens, just blame Putin. People will ‘fall’ for it!” – READ MORE

Anthony Fauci: ‘I’m Not Going to Retire’ but ‘May Step Down from My Current Position’ – Dr. Anthony Fauci clarified Tuesday that he will not retire from working, though he may step down from his current position in the federal government at “some time.”

Fauci, who serves as Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and President Joe Biden’s Chief Medical Advisor, made headlines on Monday when he told Politico in an interview that he is likely to depart by the end of the president’s term. – READ MORE

Germany To Re-Impose Mask Mandate In September Despite COVID Wave Already “Losing Momentum” – Germany is set to re-impose its mask mandate in September despite the summer COVID wave already “losing momentum,” indicating such rules are being made permanent.

Justice Minister Marco Buschmann announced that Germans would have to mask up this autumn when indoors and that the rules would be in place throughout the winter. – READ MORE

Seven Major Effects Of COVID-19 On Parents, Students, & Schools – COVID-19 disrupted American K-12 education, with calamitous consequences for young people. Here are seven realities that resulted from that calamity.

Four describe the tragedy, and three explain what advocates and stakeholders are doing to overcome it. – READ MORE