The claim conflates utilitarianism's theoretical foundations with its practical scope, since sentient-inclusive utility calculations can oppose most environmentally destructive practices.

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Conflates(in argumentation and logic): Treats two different things as if they're the same thing, or mixes them up in a way that causes confusion.
Practical scope(contrasted with theoretical foundations to show what utilitarianism can achieve in practice): The range of real-world situations and decisions that a theory can actually be applied to.
Theoretical foundations(as used in philosophical reasoning): The basic rules or principles that everything else is built on—like saying 'all our decisions come from this one main rule' rather than just looking at examples case-by-case.
Utilitarianism(One of Sidgwick's three methods of ethics): The view that an individual self-evidently ought to aim at the maximum balance of happiness for all sentient beings present and future, whatever the cost to herself; also called Universalistic Hedonism

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