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.

Finite Carbon - Windrock Land Company IFM

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

3.2M

issued tCO₂e

Blue Source - Bishop Improved Forest Management Project

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

3.1M

issued tCO₂e

Terra Verdigris #2

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

3.1M

issued tCO₂e

Terra Yazoo City # 9, Nitrous Oxide Abatement Project

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

3.0M

issued tCO₂e

Pike's Peak Geo-Seq

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

2.9M

issued tCO₂e

Bluesource - Vermejo Forestry Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

2.8M

issued tCO₂e

Conversion of SF6 To An Alternative Cover Gas In Magnesium Production In Eaton Rapids, MI and Strathroy, ON

Verra · United States · Ghg Management

2.8M

issued tCO₂e

Warm Springs Phase I

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

2.7M

issued tCO₂e

American Soda LLC Waste Mine Methane Project

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

2.6M

issued tCO₂e

Usal Redwood Forest - IFM

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

2.6M

issued tCO₂e

Finite Carbon - The Forestland Group CT Lakes

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

2.6M

issued tCO₂e

RemTec International ODS Destruction Import Project #1

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

2.6M

issued tCO₂e

Finite Carbon - Sealaska 2 Native Alaskan IFM

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

2.6M

issued tCO₂e

A-Gas V20

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

2.5M

issued tCO₂e

RBS 2019

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

2.5M

issued tCO₂e

Seneca Meadows LFG

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

2.5M

issued tCO₂e

Forest Carbon Partners - Port Graham Corporation Improved Forest Management Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

2.5M

issued tCO₂e

Blue Source - Allegheny Improved Forest Management Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

2.4M

issued tCO₂e

Finite Carbon - Rowland IFM

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

2.3M

issued tCO₂e

A-Gas V14

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

2.2M

issued tCO₂e

Brushy Mountain

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

2.2M

issued tCO₂e

Petrosource Geo-Seq

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

2.2M

issued tCO₂e

Oneida Herkimer Landfill Ava, NY

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

2.2M

issued tCO₂e

PrairieWinds ND1 (PWND1) Emissions Reduction Project

Verra · United States · Renewable Energy

2.2M

issued tCO₂e

Dempsey Ridge Wind Project

Verra · United States · Renewable Energy

2.2M

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