Feds announce biodiesel requirement

Avatar photo

SASKATOON, Sask. – In a move to aid the agriculture sector and improve the environment, the federal government unveiled plans to require a biodiesel blend of 2% in diesel fuel by 2012.

The government plans to regulate an annual average renewable content of 5% in gasoline by 2010 and intends to have a 2% requirement for renewable content in diesel fuel and heating oil by 2012.

“These programs are an important step in achieving the government’s objective of 5% renewable content in transportation fuels by 2010, while also creating new economic opportunities for our farmers and agricultural sector,” said Chuck Strahl, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board.

Avatar photo

Truck News is Canada's leading trucking newspaper - news and information for trucking companies, owner/operators, truck drivers and logistics professionals working in the Canadian trucking industry.


Have your say


This is a moderated forum. Comments will no longer be published unless they are accompanied by a first and last name and a verifiable email address. (Today's Trucking will not publish or share the email address.) Profane language and content deemed to be libelous, racist, or threatening in nature will not be published under any circumstances.

*