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 37

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

100.8K

issued tCO₂e

Willow Creek Dairy Farm Project

Verra · United States · Ghg Management

100.3K

issued tCO₂e

Tyson Wastewater Treatment

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

100.0K

issued tCO₂e

Green Diamond Resource Company Thompson River IFM

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

99.8K

issued tCO₂e

DPC Domestic ODS Destruction Project #19

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

99.7K

issued tCO₂e

Roeslein Alternative Energy of Missouri, LLC - South Meadow

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

99.3K

issued tCO₂e

A-Gas 2018-3

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

97.8K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater ODS 3

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

97.8K

issued tCO₂e

CO2 UTILIZATION IN CONCRETE - Removals & Reductions - CarbonCure - U.S. Project #1

Verra · United States · Ghg Management

97.8K

issued tCO₂e

ClimeCo ODS Destruction 29

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

97.7K

issued tCO₂e

Scott River Wildcat IFM Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

97.5K

issued tCO₂e

Blue Source-Alford Improved Forest Management Project

Verra · United States · Forest

97.2K

issued tCO₂e

Anew - Ashland County Forestry Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

96.9K

issued tCO₂e

Anew - Eagle Mountain Forestry Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

96.6K

issued tCO₂e

Coolgas 2016-4

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

96.6K

issued tCO₂e

Homestead Green Energy

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

96.4K

issued tCO₂e

ClimeCo ODS Destruction 32

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

96.3K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater ODS 18

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

96.1K

issued tCO₂e

Lock Haven Improved Forest Management Project

Verra · United States · Forest

95.3K

issued tCO₂e

West River Farm Anaerobic Digester Project

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

95.1K

issued tCO₂e

Rosendale Anaerobic Digester

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

94.7K

issued tCO₂e

A-Gas V4

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

94.6K

issued tCO₂e

A-Gas 2-2020

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

94.6K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater ODS 42

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

93.9K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater ODS 40

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

93.8K

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