Climate protesters dye Rome’s Trevi Fountain black Environmental protesters dyed the waters of Rome’s iconic Trevi Fountain black on May 21, to call for an end to ‘government subsidies of fossil fuel.’ The demonstrators, who were affiliated with the group Last Generation, held signs reading ‘We won’t pay for fossil [fuels]’ and shouted ‘Our country is dying,’ per Reuters. The timing of the protesters’ actions is noteworthy: Italy’s northern Emilia-Romagna region was hit with catastrophic floodin