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.

Anew - McCoy Forestry Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

53.7K

issued tCO₂e

WTE S&S Ag Enterprises, LLC

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

53.6K

issued tCO₂e

DPC Domestic ODS Destruction Project #13

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

53.5K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater ODS 58

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

53.3K

issued tCO₂e

Perfect Cycle ODS-3

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

52.9K

issued tCO₂e

Hamptons Road Recovery Center

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

52.9K

issued tCO₂e

Hudson Tech 2022-2

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

52.8K

issued tCO₂e

Perfect Cycle ODS-1

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

52.5K

issued tCO₂e

Romeoville LFG to Energy

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

52.5K

issued tCO₂e

Central Sands Dairy LLC

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

52.4K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater ODS 15

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

52.3K

issued tCO₂e

Advanced Refrigeration CAL - ARS 003B

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

52.3K

issued tCO₂e

Anew - Northeast Kingdom Forestry Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

52.2K

issued tCO₂e

Big Valley

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

52.1K

issued tCO₂e

Bridgewater Dairy LLC

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

52.1K

issued tCO₂e

Rainier Biogas, LLC

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

52.0K

issued tCO₂e

EOS ARB ODS 2013-6

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

51.9K

issued tCO₂e

RHI HFC Reclaim 2021

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

51.8K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater ODS 64

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

51.8K

issued tCO₂e

Two Fiets Digester

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

51.8K

issued tCO₂e

A-Gas 2019-Misc

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

51.6K

issued tCO₂e

Hiawatha Club Carbon Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

51.4K

issued tCO₂e

DPC Domestic ODS Destruction Project #30

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

51.3K

issued tCO₂e

Deer Run Digester

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

50.9K

issued tCO₂e

Coolgas 2017-5

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

50.8K

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