# EPA’s Proposal to Focus Biofuel Policy on Domestic Fuels Doesn’t Add Up - Union of Concerned Scientists

> The Union of Concerned Scientists argues that EPA's proposed 2026-2027 RFS volumes exceed domestic feedstock availability, so mandates can only be met with imports and shifting vegetable oil out of food markets. It says more than 70 percent of biodiesel consumption growth from 2022 to 2024 came from imported fuels or feedstocks.

- Date: 2025-08-08 · published 2025-08-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/15097-epa-s-proposal-to-focus-biofuel-policy-on-domestic-fuels-doesn-t-add-up-union
- Commodities: [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md), [Crude Oil (WTI)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WTI.md)

## Why it matters

If mandates require imported or food-diverted vegetable oils, vegetable oil prices and fuel costs would be pushed higher, with knock-on effects for food oil and feed supplies.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bullish ▲
- WTI: neutral
- PALMOIL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2018-06-26 | [EPA Proposes Biofuel Requirements for 2019; On Track to Meet Congressional Deadline \| U.S. EPA News Releases \| US EPA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64401-epa-proposes-biofuel-requirements-for-2019-on-track-to-meet-congressional.md) | -0.6% | -2.4% |
| SBO | 2025-06-13 | [EPA Proposes New Renewable Fuel Standards to Strengthen U.S. Energy Security, Support Rural America, and Expand Production of Domestic Fuels \| US EPA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15110-epa-proposes-new-renewable-fuel-standards-to-strengthen-u-s-energy-security.md) | +10.1% | +8.6% |
| SBO | 2025-11-12 | [NOPA and ASA Urge President Trump to Finalize Biofuel Policies Supporting U.S. Farmers, Processors, and Domestic Energy - NOPA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15073-nopa-and-asa-urge-president-trump-to-finalize-biofuel-policies-supporting-u-s.md) | +2.1% | +0.7% |
| SBO | 2022-02-21 | [A growing group of US biodiesel producers proposes RFS policy fix to save their investments](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15418-a-growing-group-of-us-biodiesel-producers-proposes-rfs-policy-fix-to-save-their.md) | +5.2% | +2.2% |
| SBO | 2025-08-07 | [EPA?S Proposed Biofuel Targets Could Stall Industry Growth And Drive Up Prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15101-epa-s-proposed-biofuel-targets-could-stall-industry-growth-and-drive-up-prices.md) | -0.3% | -1.9% |
| PALMOIL | 2024-07-09 | [The Unintended Consequences of Clean Fuel Policies \| College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15200-the-unintended-consequences-of-clean-fuel-policies-college-of-agricultural-and.md) | -2.3% | -0.5% |
| PALMOIL | 2024-12-23 | [COMMODITIES 2025: Biofuel policies seen boosting POME to top of feedstock price charts \| S&P Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27042-commodities-2025-biofuel-policies-seen-boosting-pome-to-top-of-feedstock-price.md) | +1.0% | -9.9% |
| PALMOIL | 2024-10-03 | [EU proposal to delay anti-deforestation rule bullish for palm oil: analysts \| S&P Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7240-eu-proposal-to-delay-anti-deforestation-rule-bullish-for-palm-oil-analysts-s.md) | -0.9% | +1.5% |

## Sources

- blog.ucs.org: https://blog.ucs.org/jeremy-martin/epas-proposal-to-focus-biofuel-policy-on-domestic-fuels-doesnt-add-up/

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