Filed under: Biodiesel , Etc. , Ethanol , Legislation and Policy The government of Canada has finalized regulations that will require an average renewable fuel content of five percent in gasoline – two percent in diesel fuel and heating oil – starting December 15th, 2010. The regulations are but one minor step in Canada’s far-reaching Renewable Fuels Strategy . Once fully implemented, Canada’s renewable fuel content requirements will, as the government states, “reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to four megatonnes in 2012 – about the equivalent of taking one million vehicles off the road.” The new regulations will help Canada attain its goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 17 percent from 2005 levels by 2020. Jim Prentice, Canada’s Minister of the Environment, outlined the importance of the renewable fuel content regulations, stating: Regulating renewable fuel content in gasoline is just one of several steps the Government is taking to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector, which account for about a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions