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.

Coastal Edge IFM

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

183.9K

issued tCO₂e

Finite Carbon - AMC Silver Lake IFM

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

182.7K

issued tCO₂e

Farm Power Misty Meadow Anaerobic Digester

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

181.6K

issued tCO₂e

Wabassus Improved Forest Management Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

181.5K

issued tCO₂e

Bonny Abandoned Mine Methane Recovery Project

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

181.5K

issued tCO₂e

A-Gas Americas 2016-2

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

181.2K

issued tCO₂e

Goldbeck Forest Carbon Project

Verra · United States · Forest

180.3K

issued tCO₂e

Farm Cove Community Forest

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

180.1K

issued tCO₂e

Certified Reclaimed HFC Refrigerants, Propellants, and Fire Suppressants-2024001

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

179.5K

issued tCO₂e

Pattiki 2 Abandoned Mine Methane Recovery Project

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

179.1K

issued tCO₂e

HT HFC Reclamation Project Ontario 2021

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

178.5K

issued tCO₂e

Virginia Conservation Forestry Program - Tazewell - Elk Garden

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

178.0K

issued tCO₂e

AgriCapture US Rice Methane Project

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Agriculture

177.6K

issued tCO₂e

American Environmental Landfill (AEL)

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

177.5K

issued tCO₂e

Marion County Flare I

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

176.2K

issued tCO₂e

Anew - Tomah Highlands Forestry Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

175.4K

issued tCO₂e

Mt. Carberry Landfill

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

175.4K

issued tCO₂e

New Future Abandoned Mine Methane Recovery Project

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

174.7K

issued tCO₂e

Billings Regional Landfill

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

173.2K

issued tCO₂e

Blue Source - Wilderness Lakes Improved Forest Management Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

172.6K

issued tCO₂e

RR 2012 1

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

172.0K

issued tCO₂e

Hanes Ranch Forest Carbon Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

171.8K

issued tCO₂e

Finite Carbon - Shannondale Tree Farm

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

170.6K

issued tCO₂e

Granger Decatur Landfill Gas Destruction Project

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

169.6K

issued tCO₂e

Brush Creek

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

169.5K

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