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.

Anew û Rusk County Forestry Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

261.6K

issued tCO₂e

FULTON COUNTY MUD ROAD LANDFILL CARBON OFFSET PROJECT

Verra · United States · Ghg Management

260.7K

issued tCO₂e

American Eagle Mine Methane Incineration Project

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

260.3K

issued tCO₂e

Re-Refining of Used Transformer Oil

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States

260.0K

issued tCO₂e

Monte Rio Improved Forest Management Project

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

259.9K

issued tCO₂e

Infra-Red Automatic Refrigerant Leak Detection Efficiency Project

Verra · United States · Ghg Management

259.1K

issued tCO₂e

Finite Carbon - Northeast Carry Woodlands IFM

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

258.7K

issued tCO₂e

Advanced Refrigeration - ARS2020003

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

257.8K

issued tCO₂e

The Nature Conservancy û Michigamme Highlands Carbon Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

257.4K

issued tCO₂e

ECC ODS Destruction 2013

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

255.2K

issued tCO₂e

Anew û Sawyer County Forestry Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

254.3K

issued tCO₂e

Stillwater Sanitary Landfill

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

253.5K

issued tCO₂e

Finite Carbon - MWF Brimstone IFM Project I

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

252.5K

issued tCO₂e

Virginia Conservation Forestry Program - Tazewell - Elk Garden

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

249.9K

issued tCO₂e

Green Assets-Brookgreen Gardens Improved Forest Management Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

249.4K

issued tCO₂e

EOS ACR 2013

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

249.0K

issued tCO₂e

Anew - Bluestone Forestry Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

247.8K

issued tCO₂e

Clinton County Landfill Methane Destruction Project

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

247.0K

issued tCO₂e

ClimeCo ODS Destruction 16 and 17

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

245.9K

issued tCO₂e

TOWER ABANDONED MINE METHANE UTILIZATION PROJECT

Verra · United States · Ghg Management

245.5K

issued tCO₂e

Dubuque Metropolitan Sanitary Landfill

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

244.7K

issued tCO₂e

Oak Grove Harvested Bottom Ash (SCM) Project

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

244.2K

issued tCO₂e

Deep Mine 26 Abandoned Mine Methane Recovery Project

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

239.3K

issued tCO₂e

Finite Carbon - Berry Summit

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

239.2K

issued tCO₂e

Spray Foam Alpha 4

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

239.2K

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