The award is one of 10 announced last week that are meant to help reduce greenhouse gases and air pollutants. The bait saver could lead to less boat travel to set and retrieve lobster traps.
The funding, from the ecoNova Scotia Fund for Clean Air and Climate Change, was announced May 28 in Liverpool by Environment Minister Sterling Belliveau.
Other projects include solar thermal and heating retrofits to five municipal buildings in Bridgewater, construction of a facility to sanitize and repair nylon nets used in aquaculture, and expansion of a field station at the Mersey Tobeatic Research Centre.
The $106,591 award to Clare Machine Works is among the largest from the $570,000 in funding for projects in southwestern Nova Scotia. Queens Municipality is receiving $137,150 for energy-efficient construction of the new Queens Place Recreation Centre, as well as $10,000 for an energy audit.
“The funding for these projects will help Nova Scotia reduce the air emissions that lead to climate change and help make life better for families in every region,” Belliveau said.
In municipal grants, Bridgewater will receive $105,000 to install solar hot air and water panels for five municipal buildings, and upgrade lighting for the Bridgewater Arena. Other municipalities are receiving $5,000 to $28,000 for an array of projects involving solar hot air and water panels, refrigeration-plant retrofits, installation of wind turbines, and more.
The projects are expected to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by about 17,000 tonnes, equal to taking 3,900 cars off the road, and cut more than 450,000 kilograms of major air pollutant emissions, including sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions.
