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Guam and the Consortium

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The Consortium is made up of six island nations, commonwealths or territories: American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, Federated States of Micronesia (including Chuuk and Pohnpei), Guam, Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Republic of Palau.

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Reflections on Micronesia

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The Marshall Islands are still suffering as a results of atom bomb tests. Unlike on the mainland, where there is demand for scrap metal (and the ability to process the metal), I have to assume the economics don't make sense. Of course, much of the wreckage is left over from World War II and its immediate aftermath.