(relatively low stakes, as in like not 9/11 or JFK level)
Mine: plastic straw (and now plastic cutlery) ban initiatives are directly funded by petrochemical companies. Plastic straws are one of the most common and useful types of disposable plastic an average American encounters every day, so banning them causes people a huge inconvenience and tarnishes the idea of other green initiatives (that might have actual teeth) as more nanny state "not allowed to have this"-ery (also has the side effect of making gullible libs think they're actually doing something to help the planet by using a reusable straw while they get their plastic container of meat products)
The Maldives is something I imagine would be really horrific if I looked into it. Everyone just knows it as the beautiful tourist spot.
It was super hell world before Nasheed, now that Nasheed is gone and the military is back in de facto charge, everyone is waiting for it to go back to hell world as their island nation sinks among rising oceans. They're planning to relocate to Sri Lanka, but still.
They are planning to move the whole population to Sri Lanka?
No, at least nothing is official, but that's been the talk for a long time since Sri Lanka is just a 30 minute plane ride from the Maldives and has tons of room. Mohamed Nasheed lives in exile there and he is personally planning on buying land in Sri Lanka for Maldivians to move to. https://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-maldives-exiled-president-20180417-story.html