Kinder Morgan Hops on the Pipeline Payola Bandwagon in NEPA

Look--we've written about this before and we're not going to belabor the point--about pipeline companies using payola to buy support for the pipelines they plan to build through communities. The Constitution Pipeline did it last March in New York (see Constitution Pipeline Payments to Groups – Donations or Payola?). PennEast recently did it this March in southeast Pennsylvania and New Jersey (see PennEast Payola? Buying Support One Community at a Time). Now it's Kinder Morgan's turn. KM handed out checks this week in Wayne, Susquehanna, Pike and Luzerne counties in northeastern PA. It's amazing how much good press, and good will, a $10,000 donation can buy you--especially when you give it to a school...

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