This is so ridiculous. Off shore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico has proven to be an ecological boom for the local fishies because the rigs provide a man-made reef for them. Drillers on shore in Louisiana make friends with the alligators - they even have brooms to scratch the gators’ back with. And the wildlife in Alaska love the pipeline from Prudhoe Bay; it’s warm and cuddly. Perhaps we’re encouraging unnatural growth, but the animals aren’t annoyed, they love it.
Quite true.
The raindeer etc. stand under the pipeline. Because of the temperature differential, a good breeze is created keeping insects at bay.