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.

CalBio ORRD

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

24.8K

issued tCO₂e

A-Gas UCSD1

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

24.3K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater US - ODS - #2

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

24.3K

issued tCO₂e

Maloy Landfill

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

23.9K

issued tCO₂e

Camino Real Landfill, Sunland Park, NM: GHG Emission Reduction Automation Collection of Landfill Gas

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

23.8K

issued tCO₂e

Harrison County Flare III

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

23.7K

issued tCO₂e

DPC Domestic ODS Destruction Project #14

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

23.3K

issued tCO₂e

A-Gas V2

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

23.0K

issued tCO₂e

Lucchesi Tract

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

23.0K

issued tCO₂e

Maple Leaf Dairy East

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

22.9K

issued tCO₂e

Veseth and Veseth Ranch

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

22.8K

issued tCO₂e

DPC Domestic ODS Destruction Project #23

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

22.5K

issued tCO₂e

Delhi Ranch

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

22.4K

issued tCO₂e

Pixley Biogas, LLC

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

22.4K

issued tCO₂e

Vanderhyde Dairy

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

22.3K

issued tCO₂e

Truck Stop Electrification, Georgia

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

22.2K

issued tCO₂e

South Wake Landfill, Apex, Wake County NC: GHG Emissions Reduction Automated Collection of Landfill Gas

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

22.2K

issued tCO₂e

Gardeau Crest Dairy

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

22.1K

issued tCO₂e

Fuel Switch to Renewable Biomass for Thermal Use at Metrolina Greenhouses, Inc. Commercial Greenhouse Facility

Verra · United States · Fuel Switching

22.0K

issued tCO₂e

Hudson Tech 2018-1

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

22.0K

issued tCO₂e

Truck Stop Electrification, California

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

21.9K

issued tCO₂e

Urling Abandoned Mine Methane Recovery Project

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

21.9K

issued tCO₂e

CSE AZ Facility I

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

21.8K

issued tCO₂e

A-Gas ODS-VER2

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

21.5K

issued tCO₂e

Advanced Refrigeration CAL - ARS 001B

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

21.1K

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