A New York trial court has dismissed two cases to compel the state to issue a long-delayed environmental impact statement on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to extract natural gas (Wallach v. N.Y. State Dep't of Envtl. Conservation, N.Y Sup. Ct., No. 6773-2013, 7/11/14; Joint Landowners Coal, of New York Inc. v. Cuomo, N.Y. Sup. Ct., No. 843-2014, 7/11/14). The New York State Supreme Court in Albany County, in two similar decisions issued July 11, said the plaintiffs lacked standing to sue because they failed to demonstrate that they would suffer any environmental harm.
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机译：纽约一家初审法院已驳回了两个案件，以迫使该州发布关于水力压裂或压裂法提取天然气的长期拖延的环境影响声明（Wallach诉Envtl。Conservation的NY State Dep't of Envtl。Conservation，NY Sup。 Ct。，No.6773-2013，7/11/14; New York Inc. v.Cuomo，NY Sup.Ct.，No.843-2014，7/11/14的Joint Landowners Coal）。纽约州奥尔巴尼县最高法院在7月11日发布的两项类似裁决中表示，原告没有资格提起诉讼，因为他们没有证明自己将遭受任何环境损害。
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