Emily Schmall

Associated Press

In this Tuesday, July 16, 2019, photo, people fill drinking water from a private water supplier tanker on the outskirts of Chennai, capital of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. In Chennai, a coastal city of about 10 million and the capital of Tamil Nadu state, rapid development and rampant construction have overtaxed a once-abundant natural water supply, forcing the government to spend huge sums to desalinate sea water, bring water by train from hundreds of kilometers (miles) away and deploy an army of water trucks to people whose household taps have suddenly run dry.

City's Growth Choked by Water Shortage

Dozens of billion-dollar companies and thousands of high-paying jobs are at risk in India's Chennai.

In this Wednesday, July 17, 2019, photo, hose-pipes are used to fill train wagons with drinking water piped in from the Mettur dam on the Cauvery River, at Jolarpet railway station, about 216 kilometers (135 miles) from Chennai in Southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. On its daily sojourn, the 50-tank train carries two and a half million liters of drinking water, a small but critical source for Chennai’s water board, which is employing an army of trucks to deliver 500 million liters of water a day since desiccated reservoirs and fast-diminishing groundwater forced the city to ration public tap water to millions of users for months.

Mfg City Brings in Water by Rail

Demand for water on the Bay of Bengal far outstrips supply, forcing authorities to take extreme and costly measures to serve the city's 10 million people.

The charge carries up to $1 million in fines and five years' imprisonment.

Chemical Plant CEO Indicted

The charge carries up to $1 million in fines and five years' imprisonment.

Jim Anthony, the owner of a 14,000-acre pecan farm near Granbury, Texas, displays bud break on a tree.

Pecans Could Become Part of Trade War

North America's only native nut is being rebranded to get a piece of the snack sales pie and hedge against a trade war with China.

The Arkema Inc. chemical plant is flooded from Tropical Storm Harvey, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017, in Crosby, Texas. The plant, about 25 miles (40.23 kilometers) northeast of Houston, lost power and its backup generators amid Harvey’s dayslong deluge, leaving it without refrigeration for chemicals that become volatile as the temperature rises.

Texas Chemical Plant Explodes

The flooded facility had lost power and backup generators due to the flooding, leaving it without refrigeration for chemicals that become volatile as the temperature rises.

IN this Dec. 2, 2009, file photo, the Total Port Arthur refinery is shown in Port Arthur, Texas. Federal lawsuits against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency were filed claiming the agency has failed to correct Texas air pollution control permits with loopholes that make state enforcement rare. The suits filed Thursday, July 20, 2017, by the nonprofit Washington, D.C.-based Environmental Integrity Project, target permits for the largest integrated petrochemical factory in the U.S., three refineries near the Houston Ship Channel including the largest petroleum refinery in the U.S. and a coal-fired power plant east of Dallas.

Lawsuit Targets TX Emissions Loophole

A group claims that TX power plants and refineries have polluted almost without penalty because of a loophole that allows for excessive emissions when machinery malfunctions or undergoes maintenance.