Rome prosecutors have opened several
criminal probes into a series of road-block protests that the
Ultima Generazione group has staged in Rome in recent months to
highlight the need to combat the climate crisis.
The protests on busy highways in rush-hour traffic have
repeatedly caused massive disruption and often provoked angry
reactions from the motorists affected.
The probes may be brought together into a single investigation
into felonies such as the interruption of a public service and
holding an unauthorized demonstration.
Ultima Generazione is demanding the immediate halt to the
reopening of decommission coal plants and the scrapping of new
gas-drilling projects in Italy.
It also wants the government to take action to increase the
energy generated by renewables in Italy by at least 20GW each
year.
Ultima Generazione is part of the A22 network of climate
civil-disobedience groups active in several countries, such as
Just Stop Oil in the UK, Stop Old Growth in Canada, Derniere
Renovation in France and Declare Emergency in the United States.
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