The press never tires of saying "environmentalists say this", "environmentalists claim that"; as if "environmentalist" was a profession like a physicist, mathematician or an engineer.
It's not! It's pure B.S. It's someone in a Che tshirt at a Starbucks who "FEELS" very deeply about something called "the environment" along with a long list of other wildly defended but shallow left wing agendas.
"Environmentalist" represents, far more often than not, a political stance, not a degree in some form of science. It's a religion rather than a discipline. Yet, an "environmentalist's" opinion is frequently presented in the press with the same awe as someone's who is on the Nobel shortlist.
You nailed it!