Germany Environmental Taxation Reform (ETR) History

Germany's interest in environmental tax reform was seen "as part of a more general overhaul of the tax system, [as] the German ETR was largely motivated to facilitate the allocation of production processes and demand towards technological innovation, and the creation of additional jobs.^[1]"  The German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) corroborated this by reporting in 1994 that “energy consumption and unemployment would considerable decrease and unemployment would considerably decrease,[2]” approximating that 600,000 new jobs would be created over 10 years. Moreover, they found that there would no significant negative effect on GDP growth or inflation.

Solidifying the link between Land Value Taxation and Environmental Tax Reform

Full Employment, Growth And Progress On A Small Planet: Relieving Poverty While Healing The Earth 
By: Mason Gaffney
... especially Section C: "Needed Modern Adaptations," where Gaffney updates Georgist policy prescriptions beautifully, and discusses it in a way that relates directly to environmental taxation policy.
This is the link needed to build a broad and effective coalition: LVTers and ETRers finally coming together.

The first step towards sustainability- changing values and expectations through ecotaxation policy

                With recent discussion in the United States and abroad about possible policy responses to climate change focusing on “cap and trade,” where select polluters will be issued a quota of permits corresponding to a maximum amount of carbon dioxide, and the ability to trade them among themselves to work out the least possible cost of abatement, now is an excellent time to look at deeper reforms, reforms that address the fundamental issues and causes of our current crisis in a way that sets our economy, and indeed our society and civilization as a whole, on the right long-term track. Instead of attempting to mitigate the end result (too much CO2), we need to examine what actions and practices got us here, and what else needs to be addressed beyond CO2 in order to stabilize the earth’s climate, and have a truly sustainable society.