Weather Report
Weather Report #33: On transparency laws, climate lawsuits, text chains, corporate surveillance, goon caves, and Gaza
Consuming 10/26/2025
Carlos Berríos Polanco
Award-winning freelance journalist covering the intersection of conflict and climate.
FOIA
FBI Documents Show Law Enforcement Monitoring Puerto Rican Pro-Independence Group
It's the first article of more to come.
Weather Report
Weather Report #32: On public records, Thomas Pynchon, the Sumud Flotilla, and more
Consuming 13/10/2025
Judge Dismisses San Juan Climate RICO. Meanwhile, 37 Municipalities File Appeal to their Case's Dismissal
A federal judge dismissed a climate deception lawsuit brought by the Municipality of San Juan against several fossil fuel companies.
Weather Report
Weather Report #31: On the Fall of the American Empire, Eight Years Since Hurricane María, News Media's Failure to Use the Word 'Genocide', Political Violence and Lists, And Springfield, Ohio
Consuming 10/06/2025
Puerto Rican Nonprofits Grew After Hurricane María. What's Happening Now?
Read my article about how a series of crises have changed Puerto Rico's nonprofit sector!
Weather Report
Weather Report #30: One of the Best Video Game Artbooks Ever Made and the Last Pre-9/11 Spy Movie
Consuming 9/21/2025
News
FBI Installed Three Antennas Across Puerto Rico to Aid Surveillance Operations
Procurement records and a corporate document point to the Justice Department installing a wireless video collections system in 2024 across the archipelago to support surveillance and security applications.
Weather Report
Weather Report #29: A Beautifully Drawn Alternate History of the Soviet-Afghan War and a Mystery Thriller About the Meaninglessness of Borders
Consuming 09/14/2025
Judge Dismisses Puerto Rico Municipalities Climate RICO Lawsuit Against the Fossil Fuel Industry
A federal judge just dismissed 37 Puerto Rican municipalities' claims against the fossil fuel industry.
Weather Report
Weather Report #28: A Tension-Filled Elegy about Animal Extinction, a Whimsical 90's Science Fantasy Film, and Some Life Updates
Consuming 09/07/2025
Weather Report
Weather Report #27: Chinatown-Meets-Hollywood in this Neo-Noir Novel and a Prescient Surveillance Thriller
Consuming 09/01/2025