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I think that, perhaps, you have a fundamental misunderstanding of what the generally accepted (speaking for the US here) definition of what the conservative political ideology actually is. I say that with all due respect.
Modern conservatives do not care about conserving the environment. Literally the opposite.
I know what the generally accepted definition is, I just don't accept it. Regressives don't have a right to call themselves conservative and I won't stop calling them out on it.
But conservatives have always been regressive in the US.
The things they were trying to conserve were slavery, segregation, women having no rights, companies being able to destroy the environment and abuse workers, etc.
Conservatives have always been regressive, period. Their entire philosophy emerged as a reaction to the "excesses" of the French Revolution. The forward "movement" (if you want to call it that) was from the "divine right of kings" to the "divine right of lords" (chosen by the market).
To quote the infinitely quotable (Wilhout, from the top rope...with a fucking blog comment):
The whole "left vs right" divide itself originates from this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left%E2%80%93right_political_spectrum
I understand the desire to take the positive aspects of a word, apply them to your political stance, and pretend that you're part of a movement. But it isn't true. It reminds me of when lefties (often in a USA centric thread) describe themselves as "left libertarians". All this crap does is confuse people and make you sound like a pedant.
If you think this is what conservative means and that's what your politics are, you're basically just politically homeless...and have been since you started calling yourself that.