(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)
Yeah, even if it is done everywhere, deforestation of a specific place will have a negligable effect outside of that place. What i meant by "local" wasn't that it's not being done everywhere, but that each deforestation is independant of each other regarding their cause&effect.
Overfishing is debatable because of migration disruption, but is still mostly local.
My definition of a global problem is its a problem all over the world, so that's what I mean when I say global problem
Oh okay, i misunderstood then, sorry.