As Electric cars boom, locals fear Chinese battery plant will harm land in drought-stricken Hungary

Residents gather in Debrecen, Hungary, during a demonstration against a factory that will produce batteries for electric vehicles built by a China-based company on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. Residents, environmentalists and opposition politicians are worried that a sprawling battery factory will exacerbate existing environmental problems and use up the country's precious water supplies. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)