Questioner, you seem to be missing the point, entirely.
The
wildlife around Chernobyl is doing much better now that the
people are gone, even though they are living on ground that is too contaminated with radioactive materials for people to be allowed to live there (but a few do anyway). See
https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/how-chernobyl-has-become-unexpected-haven-wildlife .
That is not to say that Chernobyl exploding or other industrial contamination is a good thing. It only goes to show how much human occupation is a bad thing
for wildlife.
And that is my point about most of the
not-in-my-backyard type lawsuits that are filed by people using "environmental" arguments. What those most of those are
really about is the "development" (industrial, commercial, or even residential) of land that those people use as a
park for their
own enjoyment.
They are the ones that are doing the rationalization. (And that is not to say that there aren't any environmental issue lawsuits that are justified by real contamination or wildlife habitat destruction issues.)
From a big picture viewpoint, we do have to recognize that parks are important, too. But, we need to realistically deal with the difference between parks and natural areas worth preservation due to some unusual attributes.
From all that I have seen about the Boca Chica area, it is really a "park" in the minds of those filing the lawsuits, and they are peeved that they are sometimes not allowed in it for safety reasons. And probably also peeved because the view from the park is spoiled for them by the visibility of the SpaceX facilities. But, I have to wonder what their positions would have been if they were never allowed on any of that property in the first place, because it was set aide to protect the wildlife
from them. In that case, I would expect the locals to be arguing that the local wildlife is not really endangered species that live nowhere else and that the roads, etc. they need to access the area for recreation really would not threaten the local wildlife
that much.
And, I am contrasting that with how this article says things work in China, where dropping large boosters containing hazardous chemicals into areas occupied by humans is routine, causing on-the-ground explosions and chemical contamination. I don't approve of that, either.