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.

Anson County Landfill

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

510.2K

issued tCO₂e

McCloud Forest Improved Forest Management Project

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

509.7K

issued tCO₂e

Davidson County Landfill

Verra · United States · Ghg Management

509.6K

issued tCO₂e

Recast Energy Louisville Fuel Switch from Coal to Biomass for Thermal Energy

Verra · United States · Fuel Switching

507.1K

issued tCO₂e

Finite Carbon - Opal Mountain Ranch IFM

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

507.0K

issued tCO₂e

Greenwood Creek

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

506.4K

issued tCO₂e

Flathead Ridge Ranch Forest Carbon Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

506.2K

issued tCO₂e

Winchester Landfill Gas Project

Verra · United States · Ghg Management

505.2K

issued tCO₂e

Green River Trona Mine Methane Destruction and Utilization Project

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

498.7K

issued tCO₂e

Corinth Abandoned Mine Methane Recovery Project

Verra · United States · Ghg Management

490.5K

issued tCO₂e

Cedar Grove - Maple Valley OWC Composting Project

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

485.7K

issued tCO₂e

Southtex Greenwood Farms

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

481.3K

issued tCO₂e

Northwest Arkansas IFM

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

481.2K

issued tCO₂e

Rudio Mountain Forest Carbon Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

481.1K

issued tCO₂e

DANC

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

476.6K

issued tCO₂e

Bluesource - Goldbelt Improved Forest Management Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

475.9K

issued tCO₂e

Pine Creek Improved Forest Management Project

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

472.0K

issued tCO₂e

Bluesource - Camelot Landfill

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

471.4K

issued tCO₂e

Kings Grove

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

464.2K

issued tCO₂e

Finite Carbon - Lakes Region Conservation Trust IFM

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

463.0K

issued tCO₂e

Mississippi River Islands Forest Conservation Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

462.8K

issued tCO₂e

New Era Abandoned Mine Methane Recovery Project

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

461.2K

issued tCO₂e

Chautauqua County

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

459.9K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater OOG 1

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

457.7K

issued tCO₂e

Methane Capture and Destruction at Simplot's Moses Lake Wastewater Treatment Facility

Verra · United States · Ghg Management

456.3K

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).

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Registry data as of June 1, 2026