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.

Tradewater ODS 36

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

133.1K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater ODS 48

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

132.8K

issued tCO₂e

Sudbury Road Landfill Gas Destruction Project

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

132.6K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater ODS 12

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

132.1K

issued tCO₂e

George DeRuyter & Sons Dairy

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

131.6K

issued tCO₂e

Double A Dairy

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

131.4K

issued tCO₂e

Riverview Farm Anaerobic Digester Project

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

131.2K

issued tCO₂e

DPC Domestic ODS Destruction Project #22

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

131.0K

issued tCO₂e

HFC Emissions Reduction in Spray Foam by Replacement of HFC-245fa Blowing Agent with Solstice LBA« (HFO-1233zd(E)) 2018b

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

130.3K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater ODS 55

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

130.3K

issued tCO₂e

Green Valley Dairy Methane Reduction Project

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

130.1K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater ODS 9

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

129.9K

issued tCO₂e

A-GAS RemTec 2014-1

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

129.8K

issued tCO₂e

EOS ACR 240

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

129.7K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater ODS 28

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

129.7K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater ODS 47

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

129.5K

issued tCO₂e

Steuben County DPW LFG

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

129.2K

issued tCO₂e

A-GAS RemTec 2013-5

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

129.1K

issued tCO₂e

T&M Windy Ridge Dairy

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

129.1K

issued tCO₂e

Finite Carbon - Scott Woodlands IFM

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

128.9K

issued tCO₂e

Summit HFC Reclaim 2022

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

128.2K

issued tCO₂e

Anew - Longview Ranch Forestry Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

128.2K

issued tCO₂e

DPC Domestic ODS Destruction Project #21

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

128.2K

issued tCO₂e

Honeywell ODS Destruction Project

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

128.1K

issued tCO₂e

A-Gas 2018-8

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

128.0K

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