US Export Ban Allows Bad Actors to Use Energy As Bludgeon (Audio: Interview)

Published: June 17, 2014, 3:58 p.m.

Merrill Matthews tells WINA's Rob Schilling that the new crisis in Iraq as well as Ukraine highlights the problems with the 40-year federal export ban on nearly all U.S.-produced crude oil and natural gas. "These export limitations allow bad actors with large reserves to hold U.S. allies hostage over access to energy."