WEEKEND: Port Angeles Harbor rally intended to ‘cork’ oil rig Saturday

PORT ANGELES — Olympic Climate Action will rally at 12:15 p.m. Saturday for the upcoming meeting of world leaders in Paris at the 21st annual United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

According to the group’s Ed Chadd, rallies are being held worldwide to urge leaders to transition to clean energy.

The rally will be at the east entrance to the Port Angeles Boat Haven, 832 Boat Haven Drive.

Called “Put a Cork in It,” Chadd said the half-hour rally will take place against the backdrop of the Royal Dutch Shell Polar Pioneer drilling rig moored in Port Angeles Harbor.

Participants will hear about the issues at the Paris conference, sing songs and take a group photograph holding a large symbolic cork positioned to look as if it is capping the oil rig.

They are invited to bring musical instruments and signs with messages to world leaders.

For details, visit www.olyclimate.org.

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