Dan Zak on the Nuclear Era
So we (the U.S.) tested 67 nuclear weapons in the Marshall Islands from 1946-1958. If you take the explosive yield and spread it out evenly, the equivalent would be like setting off one and a half Hiroshima bombs every day for twelve years. In the above video, Washington Post reporter Dan Zak, who visited the Read More
World’s largest shark sanctuary
In 2011, the Marshall Islands became home to the world’s largest shark sanctuary. The RMI waters cover 768,547 square miles — nearly four times the landmass of California — in which commercial fishing of all sharks is prohibited. And not only is it the biggest, but a year after implentation later, its shark protections are Read More
Selina speaks to the world
This agreement should be the turning point in our story; a turning point for all of us. In November, 2015, the Marshall Islands’ Selina Leem, formerly a student at Marshall Islands High School and now a student at UWC Robert Bosch College in Germany, spoke to world leaders at the 2015 United Nations Climate Conference Read More
Jejwarick Anton elected Vice Speaker
Monday, January 4, 2016 at 11am: Arno Senator Jejwarick Anton was voted in as Vice Speaker. He beat KBE Senator Eldon Note to the position.
