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Drone Delivery Could Cut Pollution. Can Communities Live With the Noise?

Inside Climate News July 03, 2026 2 views

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Electric drones could make small package deliveries cleaner. But in North Texas, Amazon’s Prime Air program faces a challenge: winning over people beneath the flight path.

RICHARDSON, Texas—Jonathan Pace first noticed the noise. But it wasn’t until he bought a Bluetooth-based drone tracker that what seemed like a neighborhood nuisance became something he could measure: how often Amazon drones flew above his home—and how low they flew.

<small>Source: Inside Climate News</small>

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