Olympic Climate Action plans peaceful protests in conjunction with the Global Day of Action — a worldwide movement promoting divestment from banks that fund oil projects — across the North Olympic Peninsula on Monday.
In Port Townsend, attendees will gather at the traffic triangle at Kearney Street and Sims Way for a demonstration from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
For more information, email Julia Cochrane at willowtree@olypen.com.
In Port Angeles, demonstrators will meet at Civic Field’s parking lot on Race and Second streets for a demonstration from noon to 2 p.m.
For more information, email Michael Clemens at iMichael14@yahoo.com.
In Sequim, attendees will convene at Centennial Place at Washington Street and Sequim Avenue from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
For more information, email Krestine Reed at 2centsworth@att.net.
Banks with branches on the North Olympic Peninsula, such as Chase, Wells Fargo and US Bank, helped finance pipelines including the Kinder-Morgan pipeline expansion, according to a press release.
According to the release, the pipeline would traverse indigenous territories and increase existing tanker traffic sevenfold that carries tar-sands oil, which is “virtually impossible” to clean up in the aftermath of a spill.
For more information, visit www.olyclimate.org.
