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.

RFC Grouped Wind Projects Phase II

Verra · United States · Renewable Energy

5.1K

issued tCO₂e

Heartland Ranch Phase 5

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

5.1K

issued tCO₂e

OMMC1

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

5.0K

issued tCO₂e

ABEC New Hope LLC

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

5.0K

issued tCO₂e

Forest Carbon Works Christensen Family Forest Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

4.7K

issued tCO₂e

Green Meadow Farm

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

4.6K

issued tCO₂e

Tradewater ODS 39

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

4.5K

issued tCO₂e

Sustainable Mountain IFM

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

4.3K

issued tCO₂e

Presque Isle Landfill

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

4.3K

issued tCO₂e

Wolf Creek Landfill - CER Conversion

Verra · United States

4.3K

issued tCO₂e

Truck Stop Electrification, Mississippi

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

4.2K

issued tCO₂e

American Grasslands Heritage #1

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

4.1K

issued tCO₂e

Tri-Community Recycling and Sanitary Landfill

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

4.1K

issued tCO₂e

Truck Stop Electrification, Michigan

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

4.1K

issued tCO₂e

Bos Dairy

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

4.1K

issued tCO₂e

Truck Stop Electrification, Kentucky

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

4.1K

issued tCO₂e

AR-Joy Farm Dairy Digester

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

4.0K

issued tCO₂e

SOU/UIC LEED Buildings Clean Energy Efficiency Group Project

Verra · United States · Energy Efficiency

4.0K

issued tCO₂e

Roeslein Alternative Energy of Missouri, LLC - Ruckman

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

4.0K

issued tCO₂e

Heartland Ranch Phase 4

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

4.0K

issued tCO₂e

University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Campus Wide Clean Energy & Energy Efficiency Project

Verra · United States · Energy Efficiency

3.8K

issued tCO₂e

Tollenaar Holsteins Dairy Manure Anaerobic Digester

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

3.7K

issued tCO₂e

Truck Stop Electrification, Colorado

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

3.7K

issued tCO₂e

Miedema Dairy

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

3.7K

issued tCO₂e

Vander Haak Dairy

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

3.6K

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