Carbon credit projects in United States

Registry records list 1,909 carbon credit projects in United States, most of them ghg management. Together they have issued 611,389,522 tonnes and retired 353,049,462.

Key figures

Projects

1,909

Registries

6

Credits issued

611,389,522 t

Credits retired

353,049,462 t

Source: Registry records · Data as of 1 June 2026

By registry

By category

  • Ghg Management 1,117
  • Forest 552
  • Fuel Switching 50
  • Land Use 44
  • Agriculture 36
  • Not specified 34
  • Energy Efficiency 32
  • Renewable Energy 20
  • Biomass Cdr 20
  • Alkalinity Cdr 3
  • Air Capture 1

United States and Article 6

Bilateral agreements
0
Authority for the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism
Not appointed
Participation requirements for the Mechanism
Not published
Cooperative approaches
0
Article 6.2 activities
0
Crediting Mechanism activities approved by the host
0
Crediting Mechanism activities registered
0

Country-level facts from UN tracking. Whether a particular project is authorised is not shown here.

Source: UN Article 6 tracking (Article 6 Pipeline, UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre) · Data as of 4 September 2026

What these figures mean

Most used methodologies

Hazard context

Wildfire
High
River flood
High
Drought
High

Levels for the country as a whole, not for any one project site.

Source: ThinkHazard hazard assessments · Levels read 25 September 2026

Projects

Largest issuance first.

Phlogiston Phase I

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Ghg Management

22.3M

issued tCO₂e

Finite Carbon - Ahtna Native Alaskan IFM

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

15.8M

issued tCO₂e

Finite Carbon - Colville IFM

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

14.8M

issued tCO₂e

Finite Carbon - Sealaska Native Alaskan IFM

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

12.9M

issued tCO₂e

El Dorado Nitrogen, LP - Nitrous Oxide Abatement Project

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Ghg Management

10.3M

issued tCO₂e

Green Assets - HMWCF-I Avoided Conversion Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

8.7M

issued tCO₂e

Bluesource - Cumberland Mountains Improved Forest Management Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

8.0M

issued tCO₂e

Air Bag Gas Substitution

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Ghg Management

8.0M

issued tCO₂e

GreenTrees ACRE (Advanced Carbon Restored Ecosystem)

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

7.8M

issued tCO₂e

Salt Creek Geo-Seq

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Ghg Management

7.7M

issued tCO₂e

Chugach Alaska Forest Carbon Project

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

7.6M

issued tCO₂e

Merit Energy Geo-Seq

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Ghg Management

7.3M

issued tCO₂e

White Mountain Apache Tribe Carbon Project II

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

6.5M

issued tCO₂e

Finite Carbon - Lyme Wyoming IFM

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

5.2M

issued tCO₂e

White Mountain Apache Tribe Forest Carbon Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

5.0M

issued tCO₂e

Anew - Navajo Nation Forestry Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

4.9M

issued tCO₂e

Finite Carbon - Passamaquoddy Tribe IFM

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

4.8M

issued tCO₂e

Forest Carbon Partners - Mescalero Apache Tribe Improved Forest Management Project

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

4.6M

issued tCO₂e

Usal Redwood Forest

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

3.9M

issued tCO₂e

Finite Carbon - Meriwether IFM

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

3.9M

issued tCO₂e

Cumberland Forest Highlands IFM

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

3.8M

issued tCO₂e

CF Ataya IFM

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

3.7M

issued tCO₂e

Finite Carbon - Lyme Logan IFM

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

3.4M

issued tCO₂e

Crow Lake Wind Emissions Reduction Project

Verra · United States · Renewable Energy

3.3M

issued tCO₂e

Humboldt Mixed Forest Improvement Project

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

3.2M

issued tCO₂e

Questions about United States

How many carbon credit projects are in United States?

1,909, as of 1 June 2026.

Has United States signed Article 6 agreements?

UN tracking records no bilateral agreements for United States, as of 4 September 2026.

Which methodologies are most used in United States?

ARB-FOREST (269), ARB-OZONE (228), ACR-IFM-NONFED (194).

All countries Carbon Offset Projects Database How to read the Credit Passport

Registry data as of June 1, 2026