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.

Dolton LFG to Energy

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

159.3K

issued tCO₂e

A-Gas 2018-7

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

159.2K

issued tCO₂e

Hudson Technologies HFC Reclamation Project Ontario 2020

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

156.9K

issued tCO₂e

RemTec ODS Destruction Domestic Project #2

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

156.9K

issued tCO₂e

Lakeview Farms Dairy

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

156.5K

issued tCO₂e

A-Gas Americas 2018-1

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

155.0K

issued tCO₂e

Aurora Ridge Dairy

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

154.8K

issued tCO₂e

Lunenburg VA Landfill

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

154.4K

issued tCO₂e

A-Gas V9

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

154.3K

issued tCO₂e

True Manufacturing FBA Project 002C

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

153.8K

issued tCO₂e

Fair Oaks Dairy Farm LLC GHD-Designed Digester

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

153.8K

issued tCO₂e

Brook View Dairy Methane Reduction Project

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

153.8K

issued tCO₂e

Monongalia County Abandoned Mine Project

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

153.2K

issued tCO₂e

Rend Lake Abandoned Mine Methane Recovery Project

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

152.4K

issued tCO₂e

Affinity Mine Methane Incineration Project

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

152.2K

issued tCO₂e

Replacement of SF6 as a Cover Gas at US Magnesium

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

152.0K

issued tCO₂e

Greenville County Landfill Gas Utilization Project

Verra · United States · Ghg Management

151.9K

issued tCO₂e

HT HFC Reclamation Project Ontario 2022

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

151.0K

issued tCO₂e

Bluesource - Indian Creek Landfill Gas Project

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

150.1K

issued tCO₂e

A-Gas 2019-6

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

149.8K

issued tCO₂e

Anew - Gauley River Forestry Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

149.8K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater ODS 16

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

148.6K

issued tCO₂e

A-GAS RemTec 2014-3

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

148.3K

issued tCO₂e

Summit HFC Reclaim 2023

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

148.2K

issued tCO₂e

Kielty Abandoned Mine Methane Recovery Project

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

147.5K

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