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 - Canada Creek Forestry Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

46.3K

issued tCO₂e

WSO 2011 2

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

46.2K

issued tCO₂e

George DeRuyter and Sons Dairy Methane Reduction Project

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

45.8K

issued tCO₂e

Granger South Jordan Landfill Gas Destruction Project - CER Conversion

Verra · United States

45.7K

issued tCO₂e

Hudson Tech 2024-3

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

45.7K

issued tCO₂e

Maas Energy Works Van Warmerdam Dairy Digester

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

45.7K

issued tCO₂e

EOS ACR 285

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

45.7K

issued tCO₂e

MRO Grouped Wind Projects Phase I

Verra · United States · Renewable Energy

45.6K

issued tCO₂e

ClimeCo ODS Destruction 36

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

45.3K

issued tCO₂e

Northern Cheyenne Forest Carbon Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

45.2K

issued tCO₂e

DPC Domestic ODS Destruction Project #8

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

45.2K

issued tCO₂e

RECYCLING ROADWAYS FOR CARBON EMISSION REDUCTIONS - GLOBAL EMISSIONAIRY - PROJECT CALIFORNIA USA

Verra · United States

45.0K

issued tCO₂e

Advanced Refrigeration - ARS2023006

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

44.9K

issued tCO₂e

Advanced Refrigeration - ARS2025003

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

44.9K

issued tCO₂e

ClimeCo ODS Destruction 23

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

44.7K

issued tCO₂e

Cottonwood Dairy Livestock Gas Capture Project

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

44.7K

issued tCO₂e

Ideal Family Farms Digester Project

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

44.6K

issued tCO₂e

Advanced Refrigeration CAL - ARS 004B

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

44.6K

issued tCO₂e

Hudson Tech 2019-2

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

44.6K

issued tCO₂e

Advanced Refrigeration - ARS2019001

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

44.5K

issued tCO₂e

Cottonwood Dairy Organic Waste Digestion Project

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

44.5K

issued tCO₂e

WMMC1

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

44.4K

issued tCO₂e

Inland Empire Anaerobic Ag Digester

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States

44.2K

issued tCO₂e

Advanced Refrigeration - ARS2025007

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

43.8K

issued tCO₂e

PMR VT2

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

43.7K

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