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.

True Manufacturing FBA Project 002B

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

169.1K

issued tCO₂e

Roosevelt Regional Landfill, Roosevelt, WA: GHG Emissions Reduction Automated Collection of Landfill Gas

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

169.0K

issued tCO₂e

HFC Drawdown in Foam Systems: 002E

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

168.8K

issued tCO₂e

Anew - Pennsylvania Ridges Forestry Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

168.5K

issued tCO₂e

Finite Carbon - Appalachian Carbon Exchange IFM

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

167.6K

issued tCO₂e

Finite Carbon - The Forestland Group Champion Property

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

166.9K

issued tCO₂e

East Central Sanitary Landfill Voluntary GCCS

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

166.4K

issued tCO₂e

Kibby Skinner IFM Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

166.4K

issued tCO₂e

Advanced Refrigeration - ARS2021005

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

166.1K

issued tCO₂e

IESI-Trinity Timberlane Carbon Project

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

165.8K

issued tCO₂e

Butler County Landfill Pipeline Project

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

165.1K

issued tCO₂e

HFC Drawdown in Foam Systems: 002D

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

164.8K

issued tCO₂e

Finite Carbon - Potlatch Moro Big Pine CE IFM

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

164.6K

issued tCO₂e

Advanced Refrigeration - ARS2021004

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

164.1K

issued tCO₂e

Hudson Tech 2021-1

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

163.9K

issued tCO₂e

Coolgas US ODS Project 2

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

163.9K

issued tCO₂e

Beckley Pocahontas Mine Methane Incineration Project

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

163.7K

issued tCO₂e

Wewoka Small Scale Landfill Gas Recovery and Thermal Energy Generation Project

Verra · United States · Fuel Switching

162.9K

issued tCO₂e

Garvin Waste Heat Capture Project

Verra · United States · Energy Efficiency

162.9K

issued tCO₂e

Cohasset 2019

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

162.4K

issued tCO₂e

Lowry Mine Methane Incineration Project

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

162.2K

issued tCO₂e

RHI HFC Reclaim 2024

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

162.0K

issued tCO₂e

Scenic View Dairy Methane Reduction Project

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

161.1K

issued tCO₂e

RemTec International ODS Destruction Domestic Project #2

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

160.6K

issued tCO₂e

Green Valley Abandoned Mine Methane Recovery Project

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

159.4K

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