'This heat is politicians' choice' say Extinction Rebellion posters in Turin

The current brutal heatwave blasting

Italy is a choice of politicians, climate action group

Extinction Rebellion (ER) said on posters they plastered across

Turin Sunday night.

"This heat is kindly offered by the government and the Piedmont

Region" and "This heat is a choice" are some of the posters that

appeared last night in several residential areas of Turin in the

Aurora and Quadrilatero Romano neighborhoods.

The initiative is by Extinction Rebellion, whose goal, according

to activists, is to denounce that "what we are experiencing is

the result of the political choices of recent years."

The focus, in particular, is on "the energy policy of the

government, which favors fossil fuels, and of the Piedmont

Region, where 52% of electricity still comes from the combustion

of methane gas."

ER also emphasizes that "the statements by (Senate Speaker)

Ignazio La Russa, 'We will get used to the Caribbean climate, it

doesn't mean we will die', and by regional environment councilor

Matteo Marnati, 'I invite everyone to follow some simple

precautions, paying particular attention to the most

vulnerable', have been criticized by many observers as

downplaying the severity of the situation, underestimating the

hardship and suffering of the population."

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