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.

TMF Biofuels Dairy Digester

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

238.3K

issued tCO₂e

Athens-Clarke County Landfill Project

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

237.2K

issued tCO₂e

Finite Carbon - Cook's Branch Conservancy IFM

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

236.9K

issued tCO₂e

Washington Beef LLC Greenhouse Gas and Solids Reduction Project

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

236.1K

issued tCO₂e

Pocosin Lakes Forest Conservation Project

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

235.0K

issued tCO₂e

Alcoa Landfill Gas Destruction Project

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

234.9K

issued tCO₂e

Pure Chem Domestic ODS Destruction Project #5

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

233.6K

issued tCO₂e

Davidson County Landfill Gas Destruction Project

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

233.3K

issued tCO₂e

Montesol - Forest Carbon Partners Improved Forest Management Project

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

232.8K

issued tCO₂e

Wolf Lands Forest Carbon Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

230.9K

issued tCO₂e

Anew - Cole & Crane Forestry Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

230.7K

issued tCO₂e

Whirlpool HFO Ottawa 999

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

230.6K

issued tCO₂e

Advanced Refrigeration and HFC Draw Down - Project 007 - US (38 states)

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

230.1K

issued tCO₂e

Hudson Farm Forestry Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

229.7K

issued tCO₂e

Scott River Whiskey IFM Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

229.3K

issued tCO₂e

ClimeCo ODS Destruction 18 and 19

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

226.9K

issued tCO₂e

New Energy One Livestock Project

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

226.3K

issued tCO₂e

Congaree River

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

226.1K

issued tCO₂e

New River Regional Landfill

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

225.8K

issued tCO₂e

Perennial CMM HRS Dent's Run Flare Project

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

224.4K

issued tCO₂e

Anew - Burnt Mountain Forestry Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

224.2K

issued tCO₂e

Hilltop Sand and Gravel Landfill GHG Project

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

224.0K

issued tCO₂e

Electric Vehicle Charger Premier Aggregation

Verra · United States · Fuel Switching

224.0K

issued tCO₂e

A-Gas Americas 2017-8

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

223.5K

issued tCO₂e

Cambria 33 Abandoned Mine Methane Capture and Use Project

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

221.1K

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