On his CFAX1070 afternoon show this week, Ian Jessop interviewed Eric de Place, Policy Director of Sightline.org, which Tuesday published a new report, “The Facts about Kinder Morgan” that examines the company’s behavior.

The report reveals Kinder Morgan’s track record includes below industry standard maintenance, pollution, law-breaking, and cover-ups. In one California community, the company was convicted on six felony counts after one of its pipelines exploded, killing five workers.

This foreign company is the kind of enterprise facilitated by Canada’s Conservative Government. Facilitated with pride too, as demonstrated in a Vancouver Observer report, Waterloo woman finds NEB e-mail lauding public’s inability to question pipelines.

On his CFAX1070 program, Ian Jessop regularly examines subjects not often covered by competing news operations. If the station’s signal is not available in your area, listen online, from 1pm to 3pm daily, or by downloading the podcast.

Here is the 19-minute segment about Kinder Morgan from December 9.