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.

Coolgas 2015-3

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

108.6K

issued tCO₂e

Threemile Canyon Farm Digester Project

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

107.8K

issued tCO₂e

A-GAS RemTec 2014-2

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

107.7K

issued tCO₂e

EOS ARB ODS 2013-1

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

107.5K

issued tCO₂e

EOS ACR 311

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

107.3K

issued tCO₂e

Cambria 33 Abandoned Mine Methane Capture and use Project

Verra · United States · Ghg Management

107.1K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater ODS 27

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

106.4K

issued tCO₂e

Whirlpool HFO Amana 362

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

106.0K

issued tCO₂e

CSE Arizona Facility

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

105.8K

issued tCO₂e

Foam Blowing Agent Project 002B

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

105.7K

issued tCO₂e

Bowen Harvested Fly Ash (SCM) Project

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

105.2K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater ODS 17

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

105.0K

issued tCO₂e

Intrinergy Wiggins Fuel Switch from Natural Gas to Biomass for Thermal Energy at the Coastal Paper facility in Wiggins, Mississippi

Verra · United States · Fuel Switching

105.0K

issued tCO₂e

EOS ACR 316

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

104.9K

issued tCO₂e

CH4 - BWM Carbon Capture Project 1

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

104.9K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater ODS2

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

103.4K

issued tCO₂e

Anew - 100-Mile Wilderness Forestry Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

103.1K

issued tCO₂e

Kettle Butte Digester

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

103.0K

issued tCO₂e

Anew - Rainier Gateway Forestry Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

103.0K

issued tCO₂e

Wesco HMB, Inc. HFC Reclamation Project New Jersey 2025

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

102.7K

issued tCO₂e

A-Gas 2018-5

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

102.7K

issued tCO₂e

A-Gas 2-2022

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

102.6K

issued tCO₂e

DPC Domestic ODS Destruction Project #25

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

102.0K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater ODS 34

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

101.3K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater ODS 23

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

101.2K

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