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Although the U.S. government ostensibly represents their views, the Micronesians have no representatives in Congress. In March of 1979, the Marshall use established a constitutional government which was approved by popular referendum. A year later the U.S. and Marshall Islands agreed to a pact of free association, giving the Marshall Islands control over their internal and foreign affairs, so long as it does not conflict with U.S. authority for security and defense. Such an agreement is the equivalent of telling an elephant it has the right to fly, knowing that it possess no such capability. As one Micronesia representative remarked...
With just over three months left to enter an interstate pact setting up a regional waste storage facility. Bay State the agreement. Use of the regional disposal site will become crucial in 1986 when the three states that now the nation's low-level nuclear waste will be allowed to exclude the waste from their borders--an option they are expected to exercise...
Massachusetts, a member of the 11-state northeastern region, has still not ratified the regional pact proposed by the Coalition of Northeastern Governors...
...Commonwealth voters could veto a disposal site in Massachusetts has outraged negotiators from other states in the compact, says Judy A. Shope, a specialist on radioactive waste for the League of Women Voters. Shope explains that compact members feel the law enables Massachusetts to shirk its responsibilities under the pact...
There is some chance delegates will be amenable to changes in the pact since so far it has only been accepted by four of the 11 eligible states--Connecticut. Delaware, Maryland, and New Jersey...