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.

Truck Stop Electrification, BEF

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Fuel Switching

43.5K

issued tCO₂e

Heartland Ranch Phase 1

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

43.2K

issued tCO₂e

Advanced Refrigeration - ARS2024001

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

43.2K

issued tCO₂e

Schneider Anti-Idling

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Fuel Switching

42.9K

issued tCO₂e

American Refrigerants HFC Reclamation Project - 2023

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

42.7K

issued tCO₂e

Aurora Ridge

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

42.6K

issued tCO₂e

Lambs Dairy Digester

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

42.6K

issued tCO₂e

ROCHELLE LANDFILL METHANE RECOVERY AND DESTRUCTION PROJECT

Verra · United States · Ghg Management

42.5K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater ODS 50

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

42.4K

issued tCO₂e

Perfect Cycle ODS-2

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

42.2K

issued tCO₂e

A-Gas 2019-8

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

42.0K

issued tCO₂e

CMW Landfill Methane Reduction Project

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

41.7K

issued tCO₂e

Hudson Tech 2023-2

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

41.4K

issued tCO₂e

Advanced Refrigeration CAL - ARS 002B

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

41.4K

issued tCO₂e

Oaktown Fuel 2 Mine Methane Incineration Project

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

41.3K

issued tCO₂e

Anew - Hartwood Forestry Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

41.3K

issued tCO₂e

Alsea River Forest Carbon Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

40.9K

issued tCO₂e

Edaleen Cow Power, LLC

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

40.1K

issued tCO₂e

Brook View Dairy

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

40.1K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater ODS 65

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

40.0K

issued tCO₂e

The Greenbrier Landfill Project

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

39.9K

issued tCO₂e

Advanced Refrigeration - ARS2021001

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

39.9K

issued tCO₂e

Bartow Landfill

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

39.8K

issued tCO₂e

Camino

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

39.7K

issued tCO₂e

Mt. Herman Landfill Gas Project

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

39.7K

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