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Care Less Be Worse: The Environmental News Rant

Care Less Be Worse: The Environmental News Rant

Yazan: Corinna Bellizzi
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 Care Less Be Worse invites you to care less so we can create a worse world together. Kidding. Mostly. The sarcastic counterpoint to Care More Be Better, this is news commentary with the gloves off. No tidy roadmap. Just Corinna Bellizzi, PhD, MBA, the headlines, and a lot of feelings about public lands sold off, forests felled, and open space paved over. If you're furious about what we're losing and tired of being told to stay positive, pull up a chair. Need hope after the rant? Head to Care More Be Better. Rant here. Recover there. Suggest a rant: rant@carelessbeworse.comCorinna Bellizzi Politics & Government
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  • Are We Winning Yet? Trump’s Methane Rollback and Why We Vote

    Are We Winning Yet? Trump’s Methane Rollback and Why We Vote
    3 Nov 2026
    It’s Election Day, and Corinna is fired up.One week ago, President Trump stood on stage at a campaign rally in Lubbock, Texas, and announced he’s “terminating” the rules that limit methane leaks from oil and gas operations. That means killing the Super Emitter Program, loosening standards for smaller wells, and bringing back flaring. The EPA says it will save the industry $45 billion. The rule it would gut was projected to deliver $98 billion in benefits. So who pays the difference? We do, through fires, floods, and skyrocketing insurance bills.Corinna also breaks down the UN’s new Emissions Gap Report, which says the world will overshoot 1.5°C of warming and singles out the United States for the biggest emissions jump in the G20. She explains what COP31 is and why the U.S. skipping it matters, and calls out the EPA’s quiet decision to delay greenhouse gas reporting until 2027, making it harder to measure the damage being done.But there’s pushback: a coalition of 27 states, counties, and cities is fighting back, and Colorado has already locked in its own methane rules. That’s why every race on the ballot matters, from Congress to your county supervisor.If you haven’t voted yet, go now. If you’re in line when the polls close, stay in line. You still get to vote. Find your voting information at vote.gov.Explicit language warning: the gloves are all the way off.SourcesMethane rollbackTrump says he’s ending restrictions on climate-warming methane from oil drilling: https://www.npr.org/2026/10/28/g-s1-150299/trump-methane-restrictionsTrump plans to loosen restrictions on methane emissions: https://www.wsls.com/news/politics/2026/10/27/trump-plans-to-loosen-restrictions-on-methane-emissions-from-oil-drilling/US EPA proposes to relax methane emission rules: https://dieselnet.com/news/2026/10epa.phpU.S. moves to weaken methane limits on oil and gas producers (Phys.org): https://phys.org/news/2026-10-weaken-methane-limits-oil-gas.htmlThe UN Emissions Gap Report and COP31Emissions Gap Report 2026: The Point of Return: https://www.unep.org/en/publications/report/emissions-gap-report-2026Global warming will breach 1.5°C, but deep, fast cuts can still bring it back: https://www.un.org/en/desa-en/global-warming-will-breach-1-5c-but-deep-fast-cuts-can-still-bring-it-backFive facts you need to know from the UN’s emissions gap report: https://time.com/article/2026/10/21/un-emissions-gap-report-what-to-know/UN warns major emissions cuts needed to limit warming overshoot (Insurance Journal): https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2026/10/22/889895.htmGreenhouse gas reporting delayEPA interim final rule extending the reporting deadline: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/10/14/2026-20982/extending-the-reporting-deadline-under-the-greenhouse-gas-reporting-rule-for-reporting-year-2025-toThe pushbackAttorney General Bonta opposes EPA’s attempt to eliminate power plant climate limits (California Attorney General): https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-opposes-trump-administration%E2%80%99s-revised-attempt-eliminateColorado methane pollution rules won’t change (The Colorado Sun): https://coloradosun.com/2026/11/02/colorado-methane-emissions-rules-trump-epa-rollbackFollow Care Less Be WorseApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/care-less-be-worse-the-environmental-news-rant/id6826374983Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6ma3uZooZf1pQ4jdmG2Oy8Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/61e2aca8-9f31-45a0-809a-06190c56b559/care-less-be-worse-the-environmental-news-rantiHeart: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-care-less-be-worse-the-env-348283076Need hope after the rant? Head to Care More Be Better: https://caremorebebetter.com. Rant here, recover there.Got a story that fired you up? Send it to rant@carelessbeworse.comBackground music courtesy of Arches Audio’s free song of the week, June 8, 2021.
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  • 7 and Counting: Patrick Stewart, Dolly Parton, Dolores Huerta

    7 and Counting: Patrick Stewart, Dolly Parton, Dolores Huerta
    30 Oct 2026

    This one starts with grief. It ends with fire.

    In 2026, we lost some of the people who made a better world feel possible, and in a single 24-hour stretch this week, we lost three of them. Corinna remembers seven allies who spent their lives protecting the land, the animals, the workers, and the communities living in the shadow of smokestacks:

    Anthony Head, the actor who championed animal rescue alongside his late partner, animal welfare campaigner Sarah Fisher. Dolly Parton, who helped create a sanctuary for bald eagles and showed up for her neighbors when wildfires tore through the Smoky Mountains. Wendell Berry, the farmer-poet who installed solar panels in coal country and protested strip mining well into his late seventies. Gloria Steinem, who insisted our movements are “linked, not ranked.” Patrick Stewart, who warned that our planet’s decline was accelerating and called for a new Star Trek to remind us what humanity could be. Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers, who fought for the people who feed us and gave us “Sí se puede.” And Desmond D’Sa, the Goldman Prize-winning activist who spent more than 30 years fighting refinery pollution in South Durban, even after his home was firebombed.

    They’re gone. Meanwhile, the people auctioning off public lands, gutting protections, and telling us empathy is a weakness are still here. So what do we do with that? We pick up the torch. Talk hard. Vote Tuesday. Find your voting information at vote.gov.

    Explicit language warning: grief turns to rage in this one.

    Remembering them

    • Patrick Stewart (NPR): https://www.npr.org/2026/10/29/1230906945/patrick-stewart-dead
    • Dolores Huerta (TIME): https://time.com/article/2026/10/28/dolores-huerta-dies/
    • Desmond D’Sa (Mail & Guardian): https://mg.co.za/the-green-guardian/2026-10-29-desmond-d-sa-fearless-champion-of-environmental-justice-dies-in-crash/
    • Gloria Steinem (ABC News): https://abcnews.com/US/feminist-icon-journalist-gloria-steinem-dies/story?id=82183161
    • Wendell Berry (The Guardian): https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/01/wendell-berry-us-author-dead
    • Dolly Parton (NPR): https://www.npr.org/2026/08/25/nx-s1-3650175/dolly-parton-obituary
    • Anthony Head (Playbill): https://playbill.com/article/stage-and-screen-actor-anthony-head-has-died-at-72

    Follow Care Less Be Worse
    Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/care-less-be-worse-the-environmental-news-rant/id6826374983
    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6ma3uZooZf1pQ4jdmG2Oy8
    Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/61e2aca8-9f31-45a0-809a-06190c56b559/care-less-be-worse-the-environmental-news-rant
    iHeart: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-care-less-be-worse-the-env-348283076

    Need hope after the rant? Head to Care More Be Better: https://caremorebebetter.com. Rant here, recover there.

    Got a story that fired you up? Send it to rant@carelessbeworse.com.
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  • Talk Hard: The Hidden Costs of Climate Change That We All Pay

    Talk Hard: The Hidden Costs of Climate Change That We All Pay
    29 Oct 2026
    In 1990, Christian Slater’s Happy Harry Hard-on broadcast pirate radio from his parents’ basement, not knowing if anyone was listening. This episode channels that same energy.Corinna gets personal about one of the least-covered costs of climate change: the bill that comes after the fire and the flood. From the CZU Lightning Complex that tore through the Santa Cruz Mountains in 2020, to the atmospheric rivers that flooded her home office three times, to a fire insurance premium that has more than quadrupled since 2009, this is what living through climate change actually costs. And most families don’t have the savings to absorb it.Corinna also covers this week’s king tide flooding in Marin, a potentially record-breaking El Niño, the latest FAIR Plan rate hike, rising construction costs driven by tariffs and labor shortages, the shrinking federal disaster safety net, and why so many homeowners still aren’t connecting their rising insurance bills to a warming planet.Election Day is Tuesday. Talk hard. Make your voice heard. Find your voting information at vote.gov.Explicit language warning: the gloves come off, especially at the end.SourcesFire and the ArcticZombie fires in the Arctic (The Conversation via Arctic Focus): https://www.arcticfocus.org/stories/zombie-fires-in-the-arctic-canadas-extreme-wildfire-season-offers-a-glimpse-of-new-risks-in-a-warmer-drier-future/CZU Lightning Complex resources (Santa Cruz Public Libraries): https://www.santacruzpl.org/pages/czu-and-you/Floods, tides, and El NiñoThe 2022 to 2023 atmospheric river season (The Conversation): https://theconversation.com/epic-snow-from-all-those-atmospheric-rivers-in-the-west-is-starting-to-melt-and-the-flood-danger-is-rising-203874Marin flooding live updates (ABC7): https://abc7news.com/live-updates/bay-area-high-tide-flooding-parts-northern-california-deal-road-closures-warnings-coastal-flood-advisory-extends/19990677/Trapped drivers on Shoreline Highway (SF Chronicle): https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/marin-flooding-drivers-shoreline-highway-22496845.phpMarin flooding as a preview of El Niño winter (NBC Bay Area): https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/marin-county-flooding-high-tides-el-nino/4164618/NOAA ENSO Diagnostic Discussion: https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/ensodisc.shtmlNOAA 2026 to 2027 Winter Outlook: https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/el-nino-looms-large-over-us-winter-outlookInsurance and household costsCalifornia FAIR Plan rate hike (KQED): https://www.kqed.org/news/12094860/california-fair-plan-announces-29-1-rate-hike-for-homeowners-this-fallHomeowners insurance costs soar, NAIC report (CNBC): https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/06/homeowners-insurance-costs-soar-naic-report.htmlDo homeowners see the climate connection? (InsuranceNewsNet): https://insurancenewsnet.com/oarticle/experts-say-climate-change-is-impacting-home-insurance-do-homeowners-see-itConstruction, jobs, and housingTariff-driven construction costs (WCG): https://www.buildwcg.com/blog-posts/tariff-construction-materials-costs-2026Microsoft offers buyouts to 60,000 employees (CTV News): https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/microsoft-offers-voluntary-exit-packages-to-60000-staff/Freddie Mac weekly mortgage rates: https://www.freddiemac.com/pmmsThe federal safety netFEMA cuts and disaster aid delays (The Conversation): https://theconversation.com/how-trumps-disaster-aid-delays-and-fema-cuts-could-galvanize-the-movable-middle-in-the-2026-elections-294236Follow Care Less Be WorseApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/care-less-be-worse-the-environmental-news-rant/id6826374983Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6ma3uZooZf1pQ4jdmG2Oy8Need hope after the rant? Care More Be Better: Blue Mind: For The Love Of Water With Dr. Wallace J. NicholsGot a story that fired you up? Send it to: rant@carelessbeworse.com.Background music courtesy of Arches Audio’s free song of the week, June 8, 2021.
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