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.

Cottonwood Dairy Livestock Gas Capture Project

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

70.5K

issued tCO₂e

Hudson Tech 2019-6

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

70.4K

issued tCO₂e

Advanced Refrigeration - ARS2023002

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

70.3K

issued tCO₂e

Peninsula Composting

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

70.3K

issued tCO₂e

DMJJ

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

70.2K

issued tCO₂e

Pagel's Ponderosa Dairy Methane Reduction Project

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

70.1K

issued tCO₂e

Calawah-Bogachiel IFM Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

69.7K

issued tCO₂e

Finite Carbon - NEFF

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

69.1K

issued tCO₂e

Foam Blowing Agent Project 001J

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

68.9K

issued tCO₂e

T&M Hidden View Dairy

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

68.8K

issued tCO₂e

Martinsville Methane Collection Project

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

68.8K

issued tCO₂e

EOS ACR 352

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

68.6K

issued tCO₂e

Optima KV, LLC

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

68.5K

issued tCO₂e

Bridgewater Dairy, LLC

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

68.5K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater US - ODS - #8

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

68.2K

issued tCO₂e

Perennial CMM CMB8-6 Flare Project

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

68.0K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater US - ODS - #7

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

68.0K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater US - ODS - #3

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

68.0K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater ODS 57

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

67.9K

issued tCO₂e

EOS ARB ODS 2013-8

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

67.5K

issued tCO₂e

Beckley Pocahontas Mine Methane Incineration Project

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

67.4K

issued tCO₂e

Holsum Elm Dairy

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

67.3K

issued tCO₂e

Greenwood Dairy Anaerobic Digester

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

67.2K

issued tCO₂e

Foam Blowing Agent Project 001I

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

67.1K

issued tCO₂e

Cedar Rapids Linn County Solid Waste Agency Landfill Gas Project

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

66.8K

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