In New York, hundreds of people packed a budget hearing in the State Capitol in Albany on Monday urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo to reject the gas drilling process known as fracking. Cuomo is expected to soon decide whether to lift a moratorium on fracking, a process that blasts fluid deep underground to extract gas. The demonstrators voiced concerns fracking would pollute water supplies, harm the environment and threaten public health. Among them was the actor and activist Mark Ruffalo, who addressed Gov. Cuomo directly.

Mark Ruffalo: “The money, $2 trillion, that is in renewable energy should come to this state. We should be leading the world. We should be — we should be fossil-free by 2030. We can do that. With our help, we’ll help you get there. We’ll help you be president. But we’ll be — we’ll cream you if you open New York state to hydrofracking.”