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.

Patterson Farms

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

7.7K

issued tCO₂e

Rochester Institute of Technology Campus Wide Clean Energy and Energy Efficiency Project

Verra · United States · Energy Efficiency

7.6K

issued tCO₂e

Pleasant Hill Abandoned Mine Methane Recovery Project

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

7.5K

issued tCO₂e

Fair Oaks Dairy Farm LLC Cyclus-Designed Digester

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

7.4K

issued tCO₂e

Truck Stop Electrification, Florida

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

7.3K

issued tCO₂e

Truck Stop Electrification, New Jersey

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

7.2K

issued tCO₂e

Linde Dairy

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

7.2K

issued tCO₂e

Weatherization of Low-Income Dwellings in Maine

Verra · United States · Energy Efficiency

7.0K

issued tCO₂e

Bluesource - Soda Creek Avoided Grassland Conversion Project

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

6.8K

issued tCO₂e

Noblehurst Farms, Inc.

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

6.8K

issued tCO₂e

Fiscalini Farms Anaerobic Digester

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

6.7K

issued tCO₂e

Marshall County Flare VI

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

6.6K

issued tCO₂e

Charm Bio-oil Geologic Storage

Isometric · United States · Biomass Cdr

6.5K

issued tCO₂e

Humboldt Sawmill Company (HSC)

Isometric · United States · Biomass Cdr

6.3K

issued tCO₂e

HFC Emissions Reduction in Spray Foam by Replacement of HFC-245fa Blowing Agent with Solstice LBA (HFO-1233zd(E)) 2014 and 2015

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

6.0K

issued tCO₂e

Urling Abandoned Mine Methane Recovery Project

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

5.9K

issued tCO₂e

Devon Mizer Pneumatic Retrofit

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

5.7K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater Halon

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

5.7K

issued tCO₂e

Duke Carbon Offsets Initiative - Loyd Ray Farms

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

5.6K

issued tCO₂e

Truck Stop Electrification, Oregon

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

5.6K

issued tCO₂e

City of Lee's Summit Resource Recovery Park

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

5.5K

issued tCO₂e

Truck Stop Electrification, Missouri

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

5.4K

issued tCO₂e

Avoidance of Methane Emissions at Organic Compost Soil Amendment Facility

Gold Standard · United States · Ghg Management

5.4K

issued tCO₂e

Truck Stop Electrification, South Carolina

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

5.3K

issued tCO₂e

Southpoint Biogas LLC

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

5.2K

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