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Fracking industry distorts science to deceive public and policymakers, says watchdog group.

DUPE LAURA POSTED EARLY THIS AM The oil and gas industry sponsors and spins research to shape the scientific debate over horizontal hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.

The oil and gas industry sponsors and spins research to shape the scientific debate over horizontal hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. That's the conclusion of a watchdog group's analysis of more than 130 documents distributed to policymakers by industry representatives.

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Colorado fracking fluid spill is cleaned up, company says.

DUPE. BTI. PDC Energy workers at the site of an 84,000-gallon spill of greenish fracking fluid on Thursday said they had cleaned up. No access was allowed. Trucks hauled away a yellow dirt-moving machine and other equipment. There were no state inspectors at the site.

PDC Energy workers at the site of an 84,000-gallon spill of greenish, oil-laden fracking fluid on Thursday said they had pretty much cleaned up the mess.

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