So I tackled it.
Only concern is that there are two pro-environment options and one... well, actually, the one is technically pro-industry too, and less pro-environment,
but the third option's... well, idk, it's kinda pro-industry but... well ok you can read it. Basically I'm trying to say that I hope it's not too one-sided.
Title: @@LEADER@@ and the Floating Island
The Issue: Garbage quite often finds its way into the oceans, by wind, rivers, boats, or sea-side establishments. Plastic in particular, not being biodegradable, is proving dangerous as small bits of it break into microplastics and are injested by wildlife. As concerns for the environment, fish, and viable trade routes are on the rise, you're wondering if it might be a good power move to start cleaning up where this junk collects — in a large, floating mass called "the plastic island".
Validity: All
Option 1: "About time we're discussing this! My calculations suggest up to five turtles might have been saved if we got to it a year earlier," suggests ocean environmentalist @@RANDOMNAME@@, whose numbers are as mixed up as @@HIS@@ uncombed hair. "Start funding to a massive project — preferably mine — to haul away the plastic garbage in the oceans, and we'll no longer have to worry about ruining our endocrines in as little as ten years!"
[effect] garbage from the ocean is dumped into the sea
Option 2: "You can't clean up a mess when someone's still making it," @@RANDOMNAME@@ protests, hauling an ironically plastic trash bag full of collected litter items. "I know, I've been trying. You need to regulate our seaside industries better, and crack down on the heinous crime that is littering. Once we lead by example, we can start pressuring the rest of the world to do the same!" @@HE@@ looks down to see a large hole in the bag.
[effect] spilling milk is a legitimate reason to cry
Validity: Capitalist
Option 3a: "You want us to be environmentally friendly by wasting our resources on dumping garbage onto prime real estate?" fumes @@MAJORINDUSTRY@@ CEO @@RANDOMNAME@@, spreading out a map across your desk. "Now you see here, @@LEADER@@? This is @@NAME@@, right? We're currently using all of that. Now all this big empty space way out there? That's the ocean. If anything, we should be dumping more of our junk out there! Out of sight, out of mind."
[effect] pollution-driven algal blooms have left fish literally green around the gills
Validity: Socialist
Option 3b: "You want us to be environmentally friendly by wasting our resources on dumping garbage onto prime government property?" fumes @@MAJORINDUSTRY@@ director @@RANDOMNAME@@, spreading out a map across your desk. "Now you see here, comrade @@LEADER@@? This is @@NAME@@, right? We're currently using all of that. Now all this big empty space out there? That's the ocean. If anything, we should be dumping more of our junk out there! Out of sight, out of mind."
[effect] pollution-driven algal blooms have left fish literally green around the gills
Check my last post.