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.

Ostrom Road Landfill, Wheatland, CA: GHG Emission Reduction Automation Collection of Landfill Gas

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

39.7K

issued tCO₂e

Laurelbrook Farm Dairy Manure Advanced Separation Project

Verra · United States · Ghg Management

39.3K

issued tCO₂e

Wabashco Clean Sweep 6

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

39.0K

issued tCO₂e

D.P.C. Domestic ODS Destruction Project #12

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

38.5K

issued tCO₂e

A-Gas South Korea 5

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

38.3K

issued tCO₂e

Refrigerants Inc HFC Reclaim 2023

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

38.2K

issued tCO₂e

A-Gas ODS-VER4

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

38.0K

issued tCO₂e

Windy Ridge Dairy

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

37.5K

issued tCO₂e

WTE Digester

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

37.3K

issued tCO₂e

Advanced Refrigeration CAN - ARS 003C

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

37.0K

issued tCO₂e

Montour Harvested Fly Ash (SCM) Expansion Project

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

37.0K

issued tCO₂e

Forest Carbon Works Rowan Family Forest Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

36.7K

issued tCO₂e

Hidden View Dairy

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

36.7K

issued tCO₂e

Noles North Avoided Conversion Forest Project

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

36.6K

issued tCO₂e

Alder Stream Preserve

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

36.6K

issued tCO₂e

Perfect Cycle ODS-6

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

36.3K

issued tCO₂e

Riverview Farm Anaerobic Digester Project

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

36.3K

issued tCO₂e

Lowry Mine Methane Incineration Project

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

36.2K

issued tCO₂e

Orange County Methane Recovery and Destruction Project

Verra · United States · Ghg Management

36.0K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater ODS 21

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

35.9K

issued tCO₂e

PagelÆs Ponderosa Dairy

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

35.9K

issued tCO₂e

RHI HFC Reclaim 2023

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

35.9K

issued tCO₂e

North Florida Land Trust Forest Conservation

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

35.7K

issued tCO₂e

Camp Shelby Forest Carbon Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

35.5K

issued tCO₂e

A-Gas South Korea 6

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

35.4K

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