Weather Report
Weather Report #16: They redacted my pronouns, Jerry.
Consuming 06/15/2025
Carlos Berríos Polanco
Award-winning freelance journalist covering the intersection of conflict and climate.
Anniversary
Heavy Weather: A Year One Retrospective and Consumer Report™️
To commemorate the one year anniversary of this newsletter, I wrote a breakdown of what it's been like to work on it for that long and some changes that will be coming in the near future.
Weather Report
Weather Report #15: One year of Heavy Weather
Consuming 06/08/2025
Essays
Immigration raids are being carried out by law enforcement, not civilians. Don't fall for conspiracy theories.
As the immigration crackdown intensifies, a new conspiracy theory asserts it's actually far-right paramilitary groups behind it. This isn't true.
Weather Report
Weather Report #14: Former governor's corruption case might not go to trial, FERC submits ginormous information request to New Fortress Energy, a book about real world post-post apocalypses, and more
Consuming 06/01/2025
Essays
Trump's Dismantling of Federal Weather and Disaster Response Agencies Could Be Catastrophic Ahead of Hurricane Season
The Trump administration's continued dismantling of federal agencies that prepare and respond for disastre could be catastrophic as hurricane season starts.
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Weather Report #13: San Juan v. Exxon Update, a Haunting Book About How the West Threw Haiti into Chaos, and a Mafia Movie about Samurai and Gangster Rap
Consuming 05/25/2025
Essays
Puerto Rico's Private Energy Company Released a Marketing Video It Calls a 'Documentary,' a Move Right out of the Fossil Fuel Propaganda Playbook
"A la luz de la verdad" lifts its marketing strategy from the fossil fuel industry's advertorial playbook.
Weather Report
Weather Report #12: New Fortress Energy Q1 Financials, a Fantasy Anarchist Novel About Building Utopia, and One of the Best Crime Thrillers of the 70's
Consuming 05/19/2025
Weather Report
Weather Report #11: Judge Sanctions Attorney in San Juan Climate RICO Case, a Political Kidnapping Thriller, and Yet Another Neo-Noir Sci-Fi Film Recommendation
Consuming 05/11/2025
Essays
Puerto Rico's Fossil Fuel Doublespeak
Puerto Rico knows how bad the climate crisis is going be for its population, yet it continues attaching itself to the fossil fuel industry.
Weather Report
Weather Report #10: Federal Immigration Authorities Won't Release Records About 'Operation Cupid's Nest,' a 'What if?' Novel about Abolitionists Winning the Civil War, and a Science Fiction Movie About Colonial Oppression
Consuming 05/04/2025