Pipeline operator Kinder Morgan Inc (KMI.N) said it would buy renewable natural gas developer Kinetrex Energy from an affiliate of Parallel49 Equity for $310 million, to expand into green energy amid investor pressure to tackle climate change. Kinder Morgan in March had formed an Energy Transition Ventures group to focus on low-carbon energy initiatives, in an effort to meet climate targets, in response to demands from investors to lower the production of fuels that contribute to global warming and invest more in clean energy. ( https://reut.rs/3z7il3k ) Kinetrex, which supplies liquefied natural gas in the U.S. Midwest, has a 50% interest in the largest renewable natural gas (RNG) facility in Indiana as well as commercial agreements to begin construction on three additional landfill-based RNG facilities, Kinder Morgan said on Friday. In 2022, once the facilities are operational, the total annual RNG production from the four sites […]