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.

Bluesource GCS Bear Canyon

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

139.8K

issued tCO₂e

Perennial CMM CMB10-4 Flare Project

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

139.7K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater ODS 7

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

139.0K

issued tCO₂e

Anew - Middlebury Forestry Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

138.7K

issued tCO₂e

Big Run Landfill Gas Destruction Project

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

138.5K

issued tCO₂e

Brickyard LFG to Energy

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

138.5K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater ODS 8

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

138.3K

issued tCO₂e

A-Gas 2019-1

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

138.2K

issued tCO₂e

Recology Hay Road LFG

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

138.2K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater ODS 63

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

138.0K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater ODS 10

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

137.3K

issued tCO₂e

Lenz Composting

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

136.8K

issued tCO₂e

The University of Tennessee Forest Resources AgResearch and Education Center Forest Carbon Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

136.7K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater ODS 38

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

136.7K

issued tCO₂e

Marshall County Flare III

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

136.6K

issued tCO₂e

A-Gas 2019-9

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

136.4K

issued tCO₂e

RECYCLING ROADWAYS FOR CARBON EMISSION REDUCTIONS - GLOBAL EMISSIONAIRY - U.S. PROJECT #2

Verra · United States

136.2K

issued tCO₂e

Culbertson Waste Heat Project

Verra · United States · Energy Efficiency

135.7K

issued tCO₂e

A-GAS RemTec 2015-2

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

135.6K

issued tCO₂e

Anew - Gingercake Ridge Forestry Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

135.1K

issued tCO₂e

EOS ACR 253

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

135.0K

issued tCO₂e

A-GAS Americas 2015-1

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

134.4K

issued tCO₂e

Summit HFC Reclaim 2021

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

134.0K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater US - ODS - #9

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

133.3K

issued tCO₂e

Coolgas 2016-3

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

133.2K

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