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, Arkansas

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

28.1K

issued tCO₂e

Oak Grove Panel 52 Flare Project

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

28.1K

issued tCO₂e

Forest Carbon Works Stewart Family Forest Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

28.0K

issued tCO₂e

ECC-ODS-CA-002

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

28.0K

issued tCO₂e

Heilwood Mine Methane Incineration Project

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

27.8K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater US - ODS - #4

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

27.8K

issued tCO₂e

Willet Dairy

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

27.7K

issued tCO₂e

Pure Chem Domestic ODS Destruction Project #2

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

27.4K

issued tCO₂e

A-Gas South Korea 8

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

27.4K

issued tCO₂e

Middle Fork Abandoned Mine Methane Recovery Project

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

27.2K

issued tCO₂e

RFC Grouped Wind Projects Phase I

Verra · United States · Renewable Energy

27.0K

issued tCO₂e

Oak Grove Voluntary Project I

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

26.9K

issued tCO₂e

Marshall County Flare V

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

26.9K

issued tCO₂e

Advanced Refrigeration - ARS2022004

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

26.8K

issued tCO₂e

Vanderhyde Dairy

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

26.6K

issued tCO₂e

NGON Texas Beneficial Use of Waste Flare Gas Energy

Verra · United States · Energy Efficiency

26.5K

issued tCO₂e

Gibson North AMM Project

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

26.2K

issued tCO₂e

Lawnhurst Farms Methane Reduction Project

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

26.0K

issued tCO₂e

A-Gas ODS-VER3

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

25.5K

issued tCO₂e

Advanced Refrigeration CAL - ARS 006B

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

25.4K

issued tCO₂e

Advanced Refrigeration - ARS2024003

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

25.3K

issued tCO₂e

Fuel Switch to Renewable Biomass for Thermal Use at MAG Commercial Greenhouse Facility

Verra · United States · Fuel Switching

25.3K

issued tCO₂e

Port of Tillamook Bay Regional Anaerobic Digester

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

25.2K

issued tCO₂e

DPC Domestic ODS Destruction Project #16

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

24.9K

issued tCO₂e

Truck Stop Electrification, Pennsylvania

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

24.8K

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