Eco-taxes
What is an eco tax?Green taxes are now seen as part of a wider restructuring of taxation - eco-tax reform - which will encourage not just environmentally sustainable development but also better economic performance, more jobs and greater economic justice within and between nations. One reason green taxes make sense from an economic, social and environmental point of view is because they tax 'bads' instead of 'goods'. (Source: James Robertson, Eco Taxes New Internationalist Magazine) |
Resources
Ecological tax reform as an instrument for sustainable development
FEST et al, 2003
Environmentalism, Eco-taxes and the elections,
Green Left Weekly, 2001
An Evaluation of the Impact of Green Taxes in the Nordic countries
TemaNord, 2001
Eco Taxes, CO2 emissions and structural change in Germany
Interindustry forecasting at the University of Maryland, 1998
Tax
Shift: How to Help the Economy, Improve the Environment, and Get
the Tax Man off Our Backs
Northwest Environment Watch, 1998
Sustainability targets and tax reform
Friends of the earth, 1997
New Internationalist, 1996
Greenpeace, 1995
Institute for local self reliance, 1994
Center for excellence in environmental economics
Ecological Tax Reform: Carbon Taxes with Tax Reductions in Minnesota
Tellus Institute
Wuppertal bulletin on ecological tax reform
Eco tax resources in Better World Links
The Progress Report resources about green tax shifts