In the Gulf of Mehico the best fishing is around the oil rigs.
Off the Florida keys and probably in other parts of the world, they routinely dump old busses, appliances and whatever to create artificial reefs to to create a habitat for marine life.
Some fishermen go out at night and dump things on their own secret reef which they can find later on with GPS.
In California near Palm Springs there is a gap in the mountains which funnels the winds into that area. It supports a huge wind farm.
Nimbys use environmental excuses to keep necessary things from happening.
One minute they are saying "The polar cap is melting and Nantucket will be submerged. The next minute they are saying "we don't need no steenking windmills"