# Oil, agriculture and the environment deserve an improved Renewable Fuel Standard

> A Columbia University Center on Global Energy Policy commentary argues that the Renewable Fuel Standard should be improved to better serve oil, agriculture and environmental goals. The page content shown is largely unrelated site navigation and other CGEP publications.

- Date: 2018-03-06 · published 2018-03-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65895-oil-agriculture-and-the-environment-deserve-an-improved-renewable-fuel-standard
- Commodities: [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Calls for RFS reform signal possible future changes to biofuel mandates, which would affect soybean oil and corn ethanol demand. The commentary itself has no immediate price impact.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: neutral
- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2018-03-15 | [News, Notices and Announcements for the Renewable Fuel Standard \| US EPA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65893-news-notices-and-announcements-for-the-renewable-fuel-standard-us-epa.md) | +1.9% | -0.5% |
| SBO | 2017-03-16 | [Senators call for strong Renewable Fuel Standard - Agweek \| #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71864-senators-call-for-strong-renewable-fuel-standard-agweek-1-source-for.md) | +4.0% | -3.0% |
| SBO | 2017-12-14 | [A Look at the 2018 Renewable Fuel Standards - NATSO](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67353-a-look-at-the-2018-renewable-fuel-standards-natso.md) | -0.5% | -0.5% |
| SBO | 2016-12-21 | [The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS): Waiver Authority and Modification of Volumes](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73345-the-renewable-fuel-standard-rfs-waiver-authority-and-modification-of-volumes.md) | -3.3% | -2.5% |
| SBO | 2017-01-26 | [The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS): Waiver Authority and Modification of Volumes](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72875-the-renewable-fuel-standard-rfs-waiver-authority-and-modification-of-volumes.md) | -1.6% | -7.3% |
| CORN | 2018-03-15 | [News, Notices and Announcements for the Renewable Fuel Standard \| US EPA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65893-news-notices-and-announcements-for-the-renewable-fuel-standard-us-epa.md) | -1.7% | +2.8% |
| CORN | 2017-12-14 | [A Look at the 2018 Renewable Fuel Standards - NATSO](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67353-a-look-at-the-2018-renewable-fuel-standards-natso.md) | +2.3% | +2.4% |
| CORN | 2018-02-05 | [The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS): Waiver Authority and Modification of Volumes](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66363-the-renewable-fuel-standard-rfs-waiver-authority-and-modification-of-volumes.md) | +0.1% | +2.6% |

## Sources

- energypolicy.columbia.edu: https://www.energypolicy.columbia.edu/publications/oil-agriculture-and-environment-deserve-improved-renewable-fuel-standard

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