# The Unintended Consequences of Clean Fuel Policies | College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

> University of California researchers examine how federal RFS and California LCFS policies have shifted fuel and vegetable oil markets. Their research finds that growing U.S. renewable diesel demand pushed vegetable oil consumer prices higher after 2020. California renewable diesel rose from about 5% of diesel blend as LCFS credit prices increased.

- Date: 2024-07-09 · published 2024-07-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/15200-the-unintended-consequences-of-clean-fuel-policies-college-of-agricultural-and
- Commodities: [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Biofuel policy-driven demand for vegetable oils raises their prices and links food costs to fuel mandates. The findings underline that policy changes can swing soybean oil and other feedstock prices.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bullish ▲
- PALMOIL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2025-08-08 | [EPA’s Proposal to Focus Biofuel Policy on Domestic Fuels Doesn’t Add Up - Union of Concerned Scientists](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15097-epa-s-proposal-to-focus-biofuel-policy-on-domestic-fuels-doesn-t-add-up-union.md) | -1.2% | -1.6% |
| SBO | 2025-09-26 | [Biofuel Policies Are Likely to Drive Future Demand for U.S. Corn and Soybeans
        
        
        
        - Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15086-biofuel-policies-are-likely-to-drive-future-demand-for-u-s-corn-and-soybeans.md) | +0.1% | +3.1% |
| SBO | 2023-05-16 | [Biodiesel: An environmental winner – Minnesota Soybean](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15310-biodiesel-an-environmental-winner-minnesota-soybean.md) | +0.5% | +10.6% |
| SBO | 2023-08-01 | [Many state programs across the country add momentum for Clean Fuels policy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15287-many-state-programs-across-the-country-add-momentum-for-clean-fuels-policy.md) | +0.7% | -0.8% |
| SBO | 2019-09-30 | [EU palm oil ban more than environmental issue - Asia Times](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57133-eu-palm-oil-ban-more-than-environmental-issue-asia-times.md) | +4.1% | +8.2% |
| PALMOIL | 2025-08-08 | [EPA’s Proposal to Focus Biofuel Policy on Domestic Fuels Doesn’t Add Up - Union of Concerned Scientists](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15097-epa-s-proposal-to-focus-biofuel-policy-on-domestic-fuels-doesn-t-add-up-union.md) | +3.4% | +5.1% |
| PALMOIL | 2019-12-11 | [SunSirs: Agriculture: Eye-Catching Performance of Palm Oil and Soybean Oil in the Fourth Quarter Thanks to Good News Supporting](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12380-sunsirs-agriculture-eye-catching-performance-of-palm-oil-and-soybean-oil-in-the.md) | -0.3% | +9.8% |
| PALMOIL | 2026-04-24 | [Calculating the Potential and Risks of B50 Implementation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15481-calculating-the-potential-and-risks-of-b50-implementation.md) | -0.0% | -1.4% |

## Sources

- agriculture.ucdavis.edu: https://agriculture.ucdavis.edu/news/unintended-consequences-clean-fuel-policies

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