Climate activists dye Spanish Steps fountain water black

[Social Media]

A group called Ultima Generazione or Last Generation have poured what they described as a charcoal-based black liquid into the water of the Barcaccia fountain at the base of the Spanish Steps in central Rome.

The group posted a video on Twitter, showing three men and a woman inside the fountain opening paper bags of a black powder.

“It is absurd that this gesture should shock you, when we are experiencing a drought emergency that is putting agriculture, energy production in crisis,” the group said in the tweet.