Climate protesters target health ministry for latest stunt

(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 21 - Members of the Ultima Generazione (UG - Last Generation) group on Tuesday targetted the health ministry in Rome for the latest in a long series of controversial acts of civil disobedience aiming to highlight the need to tackle the climate crisis.
    The protesters sprayed orange 'paint' over the entrance to the building, one glued himself to the ground outside it and others pasted flyers with dramatic "data about the deaths and sicknesses caused by the heat" linked to global warming.
    "I'm here in front of the health ministry because citizens' health must not continue to be sacrificed on the altar of profit," said one of the protesters, Leonardo, a 28-year-old physicist.
    Police quickly arrived to remove the group.
    As in other stunts, UG used an easy-to-wash off substance for the protest.
    On Monday they sprayed black paint over the front on the justice ministry in the Italian capital. (ANSA).