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.

BNW Ranch

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

35.4K

issued tCO₂e

Recology Yuba-Sutter North Area LFG

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

35.3K

issued tCO₂e

Statz B Farm Anaerobic Digester

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

35.2K

issued tCO₂e

Marion County Flare III Project

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

35.2K

issued tCO₂e

Lightning Creek Ranch

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

35.2K

issued tCO₂e

Noles South Avoided Conversion Forest Project

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

34.9K

issued tCO₂e

Advanced Refrigeration CAN - ARS 004C

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

34.7K

issued tCO₂e

OHE DM2-1

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

34.6K

issued tCO₂e

Sunnyside Farms Inc

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

34.4K

issued tCO₂e

DPC Domestic ODS Destruction Project #9

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

34.1K

issued tCO₂e

Challenge Tree Farm IFM Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

33.9K

issued tCO₂e

FF HFC 23-02

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

33.7K

issued tCO₂e

Alliance Dairy

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

33.7K

issued tCO₂e

McCommas Bluff Landfill Gas Processing Facility - Gas Production and Distribution Project

Verra · United States · Ghg Management

33.3K

issued tCO₂e

EOS ARB ODS 2014-2

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

33.2K

issued tCO₂e

Coolgas 2017-7

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

33.2K

issued tCO₂e

Bluesource - MP Wilson Landfill Gas Project

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

33.0K

issued tCO₂e

Affinity Mine Methane Incineration Project

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

32.8K

issued tCO₂e

Advanced Refrigeration - ARS2020001

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

32.7K

issued tCO₂e

FF HFC 23-01

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

32.7K

issued tCO₂e

Advanced Refrigeration CAN - ARS 002C

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

32.5K

issued tCO₂e

Bluesource - Sarpy County Landfill Project

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

32.3K

issued tCO₂e

Rend Lake Abandoned Mine Methane Recovery Project

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

32.2K

issued tCO₂e

Roeslein Alternative Energy of Missouri, LLC - Valley View

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

32.1K

issued tCO₂e

Green Valley Abandoned Mine Methane Recovery Project

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

31.9K

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