About 1,500 protesters demonstrated at Empire State Plaza ahead of Governor Andrew Cuomo's State of the State address Wednesday.Anti-fracking activists and other environmental advocates staged the noisy noon-hour rally. The protestors chanted "We are unstoppable, the statewide ban is possible."
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Protesters waved signs -- some saying "New York Don't Frack" urging Governor Cuomo to ban hydrofracking.
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The gas drilling opponents included musician Natalie Merchant, biologist Sandra Steingraber and actress Debra Winger.
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Protestors expressed their opposition to the hydraulic fracturing process used to extract natural gas from the ground.