China Uses Drones to Monitor Pollution Problem from Above

(Beijing) – China's environmental regulators want to increase the use of drones watching pollution levels, supplementing the existing monitoring system.

In the central city of Wuhan, drones were sent up to inspect emissions from chimneys in urban area that are usually linked to the local heating system. In the northeast, environmental officials in Heilongjiang Province used drones to monitor straw burning in rural areas, a source of air pollution.