Editing Environmental tax (section)

===United Kingdom===
In 1993, the conservative government introduced the [[Fuel Price Escalator]], featuring a small but steady increase of fuel taxes, as proposed by Weizsäcker and Jesinghaus in 1992.<ref name="Weizsäcker and Jesinghaus">Weizsäcker, Ernst Ulrich and Jesinghaus, Jochen. ''Ecological Tax Reform.'' London: ZED Books, 1992. Online [http://www.jj2007.eu/Ecological_Tax_Reform.htm]</ref> The FPE was stopped in 2000, following nationwide protests; while fuel was relatively cheap in 1993, fuel prices were then among the highest in Europe.
Under the 1997&ndash;2007 [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] government, despite [[Gordon Brown]]’s promise to the contrary, green taxes as a percentage of overall taxes had actually fallen from 9.4% to 7.7%, according to calculations by [[Friends of the Earth]].<ref name="R000084">{{cite news | first=Peter | last=Madden | title=No excuses for inaction - It is perhaps surprising that business is beginning to make progress on the environment while our elected governments are wasting precious time | url =https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2007/nov/05/greenlist.comment | work =[[The Guardian]] | access-date = 2008-09-28 | location=London | date=2007-11-04}}</ref>

In a 2006 proposal, the U.K.'s then-[[Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs|Environment Secretary]] [[David Miliband]] had the government in discussions on the use of various green taxes to reduce [[Global warming|climate-changing pollution]]. Of the proposed taxes, which were meant to be revenue-neutral, Miliband stated: ''"They're not fundamentally there to raise revenue."''<ref name="BBC" />

Miliband provided additional comments on their need, saying: ''"Changing people's behaviour is only achieved by "market forces and price signals"'', and ''"As our understanding of climate change increases, it is clear more needs to be done."''<ref name="BBC">{{cite news|url=http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6095680.stm|title=Miliband Draws Up Green Tax Plan: Environment Secretary David Miliband Has Confirmed the Government Is Holding Discussions On Tackling Climate Change Using Green Taxes|date=2006-10-30 <!-- 11:04:01 GMT -->|publisher=BBC News website|access-date=2009-06-15|archive-date=2013-04-19|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130419185841/http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6095680.stm|url-status=dead}}</ref>