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.

American Grasslands Heritage #3

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

10.5K

issued tCO₂e

Farm Power Lynden Anaerobic Digester

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

10.4K

issued tCO₂e

American Grasslands Heritage #7

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

10.4K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater HFC Reclamation

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

10.4K

issued tCO₂e

Pfister Ranch Avoided Conversion

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

10.2K

issued tCO₂e

Lent Hill Ag-Grid Biogas-to-Electricity Project

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

10.1K

issued tCO₂e

Van-Erk Dairy Digester Project

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

10.0K

issued tCO₂e

Advanced Refrigeration - ARS2023003

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

9.5K

issued tCO₂e

Truck Stop Electrification, New Mexico

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

9.5K

issued tCO₂e

Intrepid Technology Resources, Inc. Anaerobic Digester at the Westpoint Dairy

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

9.3K

issued tCO₂e

Vander Haak Dairy COP

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

9.2K

issued tCO₂e

Ama-nap

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

9.2K

issued tCO₂e

Alliance Dairies

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

9.1K

issued tCO₂e

Willow Creek Avoided Grassland Conversion

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

9.0K

issued tCO₂e

Fauth Ranch

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

8.8K

issued tCO₂e

WTE-Dallmann, LLC

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

8.6K

issued tCO₂e

Truck Stop Electrification, North Carolina

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

8.5K

issued tCO₂e

EOS HFC 310

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

8.5K

issued tCO₂e

Van Steyn Dairy Digester

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

8.4K

issued tCO₂e

Truck Stop Electrification, Alabama

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

8.4K

issued tCO₂e

Irony

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

8.3K

issued tCO₂e

De Groot South Biogas LLC

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

8.2K

issued tCO₂e

Truck Stop Electrification, Oklahoma

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

8.2K

issued tCO₂e

Cow Poo Digester

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

7.8K

issued tCO₂e

SIG Carbonû Northeast Wilderness Trust û Howland Research Forest

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

7.8K

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