Carter Smith

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Carter Smith is a Research Fellow with the Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal and a regulatory attorney based in Washington, D.C. He previously served as a staff attorney at the U.S. EPA. He holds a B.A. in Economics from Seattle University, a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, and an LL.M. in Environmental and Energy Law from Georgetown University Law Center.

Carter Smith

Aug 06 2026

Debunking common misconceptions about a Carbon Takeback Obligation

Illuminem Voices

Carbon Removal · Carbon Capture & Storage

Reasonable people can disagree over how a Carbon Takeback Obligation should be designed, but that debate should start from an accurate account of what the policy actually does