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.

NativState - Bottomland Forests of the Mississippi Delta & Coastal Plains (PDA)

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

585.2K

issued tCO₂e

Big River / Salmon Creek Forests - ARB

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

583.0K

issued tCO₂e

Lost Coast Forestlands Improved Forest Management Project

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

578.2K

issued tCO₂e

Blue Source - Francis Beidler Improved Forest Management Project

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

570.0K

issued tCO₂e

Anew - Michigan DNR Wolverine Copper Forestry Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

569.5K

issued tCO₂e

Anew - Apalachicola River Forestry Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

564.7K

issued tCO₂e

Anew - Bayfield County Forest Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

558.8K

issued tCO₂e

Blue Source - Northwoods Improved Forest Management Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

554.1K

issued tCO₂e

Coolgas India ODS project 2

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

551.8K

issued tCO₂e

Forest Carbon Partners - Hunter Ranch Improved Forest Management Project

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

551.5K

issued tCO₂e

18 Reserves Forest Carbon Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

550.4K

issued tCO₂e

Mahoning Landfill

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

550.0K

issued tCO₂e

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Campus Wide Clean Energy & Energy Efficiency

Verra · United States · Energy Efficiency

549.5K

issued tCO₂e

Rochelle Municipal Landfill

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

546.4K

issued tCO₂e

City of Thomasville MSW Landfill

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

546.3K

issued tCO₂e

Central Sanitary Landfill

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

545.4K

issued tCO₂e

Chesapeake Mizer Pneumatic Retrofit

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

541.8K

issued tCO₂e

HT HFC Reclamation Project Champaign 2025-1

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

541.2K

issued tCO₂e

Finite Carbon - Stevenson TN IFM

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

537.8K

issued tCO₂e

Shasta Cascade Timberlands Forest Carbon Project

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

527.0K

issued tCO₂e

Foam Blowing Agent Project 001L

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

526.1K

issued tCO₂e

Black Warrior Solid Waste Facility

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

522.1K

issued tCO₂e

Foam Blowing Agent Project 003D

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

520.2K

issued tCO₂e

A-Gas V17

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

518.9K

issued tCO₂e

Stones Throw Landfill

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

514.2K

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