Summary/Abstract
This Note considers the advantages and disadvantages of carbon sequestration technology. It then offers an analysis of a carbon takeback obligation in the context of the United States regulatory and legislative environment. A carbon takeback obligation would require producers of fossil fuels to have extended responsibility for the waste their products create. Specifically, producers would be required to sequester an increasing percentage of the emissions created by their products. Such a scheme has been received favorably by politicians and researchers in other countries but has yet to gain traction in the United States. Nonetheless, with growing public support for comprehensive climate change measures, the current political landscape may present an opportune moment for the government to pursue more ambitious policies.