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.

Advanced Refrigeration - ARS2023005

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

31.8K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater US - ODS - #1

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

31.8K

issued tCO₂e

DPC Domestic ODS Destruction Project #10

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

31.7K

issued tCO₂e

Rockingham County NC Landfill Gas Project

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

31.5K

issued tCO₂e

Yippee Farms

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

31.5K

issued tCO₂e

Intrepid Technology Resources, Inc. Anaerobic Digester at the Whitesides Dairy Farm

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

31.2K

issued tCO₂e

Sunny Knoll Farms Anaerobic Digester

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

31.0K

issued tCO₂e

Oak Grove Panel 50/51 Flare Project

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

30.9K

issued tCO₂e

A-Gas South Korea 7

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

30.8K

issued tCO₂e

Advanced Refrigeration - ARS2022003

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

30.7K

issued tCO₂e

DPC Domestic ODS Destruction Project #17

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

30.6K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater US - ODS - #5

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

30.5K

issued tCO₂e

Blue Hills Forest Carbon Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

30.3K

issued tCO₂e

Pure Chem Domestic ODS Destruction Project #4

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

30.1K

issued tCO₂e

Hudson Tech 2023-3

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

30.0K

issued tCO₂e

Orient 6 Abandoned Mine Methane Recovery Project

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

29.7K

issued tCO₂e

Finite Carbon - Shannondale Tree Farm

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

29.5K

issued tCO₂e

Two Fiets Digester

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

29.5K

issued tCO₂e

Chaput Family Farms

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

29.3K

issued tCO₂e

Advanced Refrigeration - ARS2023004

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

29.1K

issued tCO₂e

Marshall County 6N6S District Flare Project I

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

29.0K

issued tCO₂e

HFC Emissions Reduction in Spray Foam by Replacement of HFC-245fa Blowing Agent with Solstice LBA (HFO-1233zd(E)) 2015

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

28.8K

issued tCO₂e

Truck Stop Electrification, Ohio

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

28.7K

issued tCO₂e

EOS ACR 351

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

28.6K

issued tCO₂e

Finite Carbon - Brosnan Forest

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

28.4K

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