Philippine youths make noise pollution for climate action
MANILA, Philippines - Hundreds of protesters wearing red shirts banged on drums and bamboo poles and sang songs outside Manila's City Hall on Saturday demanding global action on climate change.
"We're wearing red for 'red alert', to call attention to the world that time is running out," said Ali Obusan, a member of Greenpeace Philippines branch.
The group, mainly of students from several Manila universities, described the event as a "noise barrage" rally, held in support of efforts by world leaders meeting in Copenhagen to craft a new global deal on curbing greenhouse gases. Once outside City Hall they unfurled a banner that read "Climate Action Now".
Many in the crowd wore bandanas with the words "solar energy" on them while some dipped their hands in paint before making a print of a large plywood wall.
City hall was shuttered for the weekend, but Obusan told AFP the local government gave the group a permit for a three-hour demonstration from 7:00am (2300 GMT Friday).
"This is an open space. So far we have received no complaints of noise pollution from nearby residents," she added.
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climate change fraud
Seem like no one from around here ever heard about the University of East Anglia emails where the fraud that is climate change was exposed. Top notch scientists openly declared the lack of credible proof of global warming and the proponents of climate change refuse to engage them in a debate despite the hysterics of the latter. People should realize that this climate change brouhaha is nothing but a socialist agenda.