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.

Buchanan VAM II VS-18

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

75.5K

issued tCO₂e

A-Gas South Korea 2

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

74.8K

issued tCO₂e

Central Sands Dairy, LLC

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

74.8K

issued tCO₂e

A-Gas South Korea 3

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

74.1K

issued tCO₂e

CERP1 Abandoned Mine Methane Recovery Project

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

73.5K

issued tCO₂e

Hudson Tech 2019-4

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

73.5K

issued tCO₂e

New Future Abandoned Mine Methane Recovery Project

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

73.2K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater ODS 43

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

73.0K

issued tCO₂e

Adirondack Farms

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

73.0K

issued tCO₂e

PCS Domestic ODS Destruction Project #7

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

72.7K

issued tCO₂e

ClimeCo ODS Destruction 20

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

72.6K

issued tCO₂e

Upper Piedmont Landfill

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

72.6K

issued tCO₂e

PERENNIAL CN9-1 AMM FLARE PROJECT

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

72.4K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater ODS 41

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

72.1K

issued tCO₂e

Robeson County Landfill

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

72.0K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater ODS 32

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

71.9K

issued tCO₂e

Advanced Refrigeration and HFC Draw Down û Project 007A û CA (& 11 states)

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

71.9K

issued tCO₂e

2014-P4

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

71.8K

issued tCO₂e

ClimeCo ODS Destruction 25

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

71.6K

issued tCO₂e

Hudson Tech 2023-1

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

71.4K

issued tCO₂e

Shoal Creek Mine Methane Incineration Project

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

71.3K

issued tCO₂e

RCSWA Landfill GHG Project

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

71.1K

issued tCO₂e

May Ranch Avoided Grassland Conversion

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

70.9K

issued tCO₂e

A-Gas 1-2023

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

70.8K

issued tCO₂e

A-Gas 3-2021

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

70.7K

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