Water from Rome’s Trevi Fountain transforms black spots against climate change
Seven young activists protest against it climate change climbed the Fontana di Trevi in Rome this Sunday (21) and played Charcoal diluted in water to turn it black.
1 of 3 Water from the Trevi Fountain in Italy has black spots after an antifossil fuel demonstration Photo: Allesandro Pensa/MAPS via Portal Water from the Trevi Fountain in Italy has black spots after an antifossil fuel demonstration Fossil fuels Photo: Allesandro Pensa/MAPS via Portal
Demonstrators from the Ultima Generazione (Last Generation) group held up signs that read: “We don’t pay for fossil (fuels)” and shouted: “Our country is dying”.
Uniformed police officers waded into the water to pull the activists out, with many tourists filming the action and some onlookers shouting insults at the demonstrators, video footage showed.
2 of 3 Climate activist holds a banner during an antifossil fuel demonstration Photo: Alessandro Pensa/MAPS via Portal Climate activist holds a banner during an antifossil fuel demonstration Photo: Alessandro Pensa/MAPS via Portal
In a statement, Ultima Generazione asked the Stop public subsidies for fossil fuels and linked the protests to deadly floods in the EmiliaRomagna region of northern Italy in recent days. That’s what the group said Every fourth house in Italy is at risk of flooding.
“Enough of these absurd attacks on our artistic heritage,” he wrote on Twitter.
According to tradition, visitors throw coins into the famous 18thcentury Trevi Fountain to guarantee that they will one day return to Rome.
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3 of 3 climate activists hold up a banner after throwing charcoal into the water at the Trevi Fountain Photo: Alessandro Pensa/MAPS via Portal Portal