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.

Forest Carbon Partners -- Eddie Ranch Improved Forest Management Project

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

280.9K

issued tCO₂e

Finite Carbon - Loon Echo and Mahoosuc Land Trusts IFM

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

280.3K

issued tCO₂e

Finite Carbon - Potlatch Moro Big Pine CE

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

279.5K

issued tCO₂e

Marshall County Flare II

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

278.7K

issued tCO₂e

Willow Lake Abandoned Mine Methane Recovery Project

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

276.2K

issued tCO₂e

Anew - Columbia River Forestry Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

275.7K

issued tCO₂e

Kite Hammock IFM

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

275.2K

issued tCO₂e

Anew - Big Six Forestry Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

275.0K

issued tCO₂e

CalBio ORRD Project

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

274.3K

issued tCO₂e

Surry County Landfill

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

273.0K

issued tCO₂e

Anew - Shafer-Tuuk Forestry Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

271.6K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater OOG 3

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

271.3K

issued tCO₂e

Anew - Moose Country Divide Forestry Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

270.7K

issued tCO₂e

Hudson Tech HFC Reclamation Project 2020-1

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

269.8K

issued tCO₂e

Improvements in Vehicle Efficiency for Crete Carrier Corp

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Energy Efficiency

267.1K

issued tCO₂e

Elk Creek Coal Mine Methane Destruction & Utilization Project

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

266.3K

issued tCO₂e

Loess Hills Regional Sanitary Landfill

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

266.0K

issued tCO₂e

McCloud River

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

265.8K

issued tCO₂e

Green Assets û Woodlands Nature Reserve Avoided Conversion Project

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

265.7K

issued tCO₂e

Bethlehem Authority Improved Forest Management Project

Verra · United States · Forest

265.4K

issued tCO₂e

Johnston County Landfill Project

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

265.0K

issued tCO₂e

Anew - Washburn County Forestry Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

263.7K

issued tCO₂e

Family Forest Carbon Project

Verra · United States · Forest

263.1K

issued tCO₂e

NativState - Mixed Upland Forests of the Ozarks & Ouachita Mountains (PDA)

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

262.2K

issued tCO₂e

Hubbard Creek Coal Gas Incineration Project

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

262.2K

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).

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Registry data as of June 1, 2026