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 South Korea 1

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

88.9K

issued tCO₂e

CO2 UTILIZATION IN CONCRETE - Removals & Reductions - CarbonCure - U.S. & Canada Project #2

Verra · United States · Ghg Management

88.8K

issued tCO₂e

Pacific Rim Dairy Digester

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

88.7K

issued tCO₂e

IESI-Trinity LaSalle/Grant Carbon Project

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

88.5K

issued tCO₂e

A-Gas 2019-4

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

88.3K

issued tCO₂e

Meadow Branch Landfill

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

88.3K

issued tCO₂e

Wabashco Clean Sweep 2

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

88.0K

issued tCO₂e

A-Gas 4-2020

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

87.7K

issued tCO₂e

WSO 2011 1

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

87.5K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater US - ODS - #11

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

87.3K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater ODS 66

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

87.1K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater ODS 49

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

87.0K

issued tCO₂e

EOS ACR 315

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

86.8K

issued tCO₂e

Bonny Abandoned Mine Methane Recovery Project

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

86.8K

issued tCO₂e

Truck Stop Electrification, Texas

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Fuel Switching

85.9K

issued tCO₂e

A-Gas 1-2025

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

85.8K

issued tCO₂e

Foam Blowing Agent Project 001D

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

85.8K

issued tCO₂e

Orient 6 Abandoned Mine Methane Recovery Project

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

85.6K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater ODS 19

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

85.3K

issued tCO₂e

A-Gas 2-2024

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

85.3K

issued tCO₂e

Newland Park Landfill

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

85.2K

issued tCO₂e

Virginia Conservation Forestry Program - Clifton Farm

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

85.1K

issued tCO₂e

Hudson Tech 2021-2

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

85.1K

issued tCO₂e

Larimer County Landfill Gas Flaring Project

Verra · United States

84.9K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater ODS 26

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

84.8K

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