Are we talking about the environmental position or some proper economics?
This is hilarious! So addressing some of the major threats to welfare like food security, climate change, biodiversity collapse, water supply, energy, etc - those are not "proper economics"? So where is the real action then? Movements in equity markets? Perhaps you could write another paper embroidering around the edges of utility theory? :-) Attitudes like those expressed in this comment show a real problem in much of economics. Economics can be an exciting, challenging and relevant subject - but it fails when attitudes like this prevail