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.

A-Gas 2018-9

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

93.7K

issued tCO₂e

Foam Blowing Agent Project 001C

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

93.5K

issued tCO₂e

Wabashco Clean Sweep 9

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

93.3K

issued tCO₂e

Virginia Conservation Forestry Program - Rich Mountain

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

93.2K

issued tCO₂e

A-GAS RemTec 2013-1

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

93.1K

issued tCO₂e

Pattiki 2 Abandoned Mine Methane Recovery Project

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

93.0K

issued tCO₂e

Anew - Superior Watershed Forestry Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

93.0K

issued tCO₂e

Zefiro Methane OOG 1 - Drake

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

93.0K

issued tCO₂e

WTE-Dallmann, LLC

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

92.7K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater ODS 54

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

92.4K

issued tCO₂e

Advanced Refrigeration - ARS2022008

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

92.4K

issued tCO₂e

A-Gas 1-2024

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

92.3K

issued tCO₂e

Sunny Farms Landfill, LLC

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

92.2K

issued tCO₂e

Storms Hog Power, LLC

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

92.0K

issued tCO₂e

Gardeau Crest Dairy

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

91.8K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater ODS 4

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

91.8K

issued tCO₂e

HMMC1

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

91.7K

issued tCO₂e

Clayton County Landfill Gas Project

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

91.2K

issued tCO₂e

A-Gas 2019-7

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

91.0K

issued tCO₂e

Summit HFC Reclaim 2020

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

90.4K

issued tCO₂e

Bluesource - Carroll Avoided Grassland Conversion Project

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Land Use

90.4K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater ODS 31

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

89.9K

issued tCO₂e

O.S.L. ODS Destruction Project Mexico

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

89.8K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater ODS 44

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

89.7K

issued tCO₂e

Hudson Tech 2020-1

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

89.6K

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