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.

Beulah Municipal Landfill (Dorchester County, MD)

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

121.8K

issued tCO₂e

HFC Emissions Reduction in Spray Foam by Replacement of HFC-245fa Blowing Agent with Solstice LBA« (HFO-1233zd(E)) 2017b

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

121.8K

issued tCO₂e

Anew - Manistique Forestry Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

121.6K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater ODS 5

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

121.5K

issued tCO₂e

Buck Creek Abandoned Mine Methane Incineration Project

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

121.1K

issued tCO₂e

Resource Recovery Landfill

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

121.0K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater ODS 6

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

120.9K

issued tCO₂e

Anew - Sharp Bingham Forestry Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

120.9K

issued tCO₂e

Hudson Tech 2024-2

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

120.7K

issued tCO₂e

Shoal Creek Mine Methane Incineration Project

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

120.2K

issued tCO₂e

A-Gas Americas 2018-2

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

119.8K

issued tCO₂e

Farm Power Tillamook Regional Digester

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

119.7K

issued tCO₂e

ClimeCo ODS Destruction 33

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

119.2K

issued tCO₂e

Whirlpool HFO Amana 486

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

119.1K

issued tCO₂e

Canadian Valley Landfill

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

118.8K

issued tCO₂e

Hudson Tech 2019-7

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

118.8K

issued tCO₂e

Kielty Abandoned Mine Methane Recovery Project

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

118.5K

issued tCO₂e

Recycling Roadways for Carbon Emission Reductions - Midstate Reclamation and Trucking

Verra · United States

118.5K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater ODS 11

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

118.3K

issued tCO₂e

PMR #3

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

118.0K

issued tCO₂e

EFM Improved Forest Management Group Project

Verra · United States · Forest

118.0K

issued tCO₂e

Wesco HMB, Inc. HFC Reclamation Project New Jersey 2024

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

117.7K

issued tCO₂e

Stotz Southern Generation

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

117.6K

issued tCO₂e

King County Rural Forest Carbon Project

Verra · United States · Forest

117.4K

issued tCO₂e

Wabashco Clean Sweep 7

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

116.8K

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