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> preserving the environment should be a trivial sell to a conservative base (it's literally in the name).

Be careful with such a statement: in the USA conservatism is defined as something different than what the Latin word origin suggests. See for example Russell Kirk's principles of conservatism:

> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Conservatism_in_t...

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Indeed. The Green Party in the UK is also very anti-Jew. Or if we're really charitable, just very anti-the existence of Israel.
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And often anti-green too, in a cut-off-their-nose way. E.g. until recently they were against nuclear power, and vehemently against HS2, apparently preferring that everyone drives instead.
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