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 52

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

61.1K

issued tCO₂e

Hudson Tech 2025-1

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

61.0K

issued tCO₂e

Coolgas 2018-6

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

60.9K

issued tCO₂e

EOS ACR 358

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

60.7K

issued tCO₂e

A-Gas 4-2021

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

60.7K

issued tCO₂e

Foam Blowing Agent Project 001F

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

60.7K

issued tCO₂e

West River Farm Anaerobic Digester Project

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

60.5K

issued tCO₂e

RHI HFC Reclaim 2022

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

60.0K

issued tCO₂e

District 45 Dairy

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

59.6K

issued tCO₂e

Restoring Wetlands on California Department of Water Resources-Owned Areas of Twitchell and Sherman Islands

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Land Use

59.6K

issued tCO₂e

PermCap Louisiana Methane Abatement Project 001

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

59.5K

issued tCO₂e

Hudson Tech 2020-3

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

59.4K

issued tCO₂e

Willow Point Dairy, LLC

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

59.2K

issued tCO₂e

A-Gas 1-2022

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

59.1K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater ODS 60

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

59.1K

issued tCO₂e

Great Plains Organic Waste Sequestration

Isometric · United States · Biomass Cdr

59.1K

issued tCO₂e

Hudson Tech 2019-5

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

58.9K

issued tCO₂e

Scenic View Dairy I

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

58.8K

issued tCO₂e

Thompson Family Forest Restoration Carbon Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

58.7K

issued tCO₂e

ClimeCo ODS Destruction 28

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

58.7K

issued tCO₂e

Hudson Tech 2020-2

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

58.5K

issued tCO₂e

Hudson Tech 2021-3

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

58.2K

issued tCO₂e

WMMC2

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

57.9K

issued tCO₂e

Farm Power Lynden Anaerobic Digester

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

57.8K

issued tCO₂e

Advanced Refrigeration - ARS2025001

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

57.8K

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