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 25

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

84.8K

issued tCO₂e

EOS ARB ODS 2013-7

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

84.4K

issued tCO₂e

Wesco HMB, Inc. HFC Reclamation Project New Jersey 2023

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

84.3K

issued tCO₂e

A-Gas 1-2021

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

84.3K

issued tCO₂e

Alliance Dairy

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

84.2K

issued tCO₂e

EOS ACR 357

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

84.1K

issued tCO₂e

Sussex County Landfill Gas Combustion Project

Verra · United States · Ghg Management

83.7K

issued tCO₂e

A-Gas V1

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

83.7K

issued tCO₂e

Advanced Refrigeration - ARS2022005

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

83.6K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater ODS 22

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

83.6K

issued tCO₂e

Anew - Chestnut Oak Forestry Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

83.5K

issued tCO₂e

FC Landfill Energy Facility

Verra · United States · Ghg Management

83.5K

issued tCO₂e

FF HFC 24-01

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

83.2K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater ODS 24

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

83.2K

issued tCO₂e

Hudson Tech 2024-1

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

83.2K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater ODS 20

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

83.0K

issued tCO₂e

Holsum Irish Dairy

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

82.8K

issued tCO₂e

A-Gas Israel 1

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

82.6K

issued tCO₂e

Northwestern Landfill

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

82.6K

issued tCO₂e

EOS Article 5 - Nepal

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

82.4K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater ODS 59

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

82.3K

issued tCO₂e

Kirkland Natural Pozzolan SCM Project

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

82.2K

issued tCO₂e

Wildlands Carbon Initiative

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

81.7K

issued tCO₂e

DMMC1

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

81.6K

issued tCO₂e

Hudson Tech 2025-3 Washington

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

81.3K

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