Commentary Sierra Club Responds to House Energy and Commerce Committee Voting to Remove Crude Oil Export Ban by Press Release on September 17, 2015 Press Release Author More in Commentary: Heteronormativity: Grappling with Straight Privilege March 24, 2026 Former Park Forest Mayor Ostenburg Implores Chicago Cardinal Cupich to Care for St. Irenaeus Property December 16, 2025 An Angel Now Guards Our Friends in Blue: Park Forest Mourns the Loss of #204, Detective Tim Jones December 4, 2025 Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–September 17, 2015. Today, the House Energy and Commerce Committee passed legislation that would remove the Crude Oil Export Ban.