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.

Storrie Fire Reforestation Compliance Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

No issuance recorded

Summit Carbon Solutions - Capture Transport and Storage of CO2 from the Fermentation of Biomass

Gold Standard · United States

Not yet issued

Summit HFC Reclaim 2024

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

Not yet issued

Sunview Dairy Vermifiltration

Verra · United States · Ghg Management

Not yet issued

Swamp

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

No issuance recorded

TCT Meridian Northwest IFM

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

TIRE Project

Isometric · United States · Biomass Cdr

No issuance recorded

Tahoe Soper

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

Tahoe Westcentral

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

No issuance recorded

Taurus Energy Efficiency Consortium

Verra · United States · Energy Efficiency

Not yet issued

Tensas River Basin Project

Verra · United States · Forest

No issuance recorded

Texas CFL Distribution Project

Verra · United States · Energy Efficiency

No issuance recorded

The Audubon Borestone Mountain Carbon Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

No issuance recorded

The Bridgestone Chestnut Mountain Carbon Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

No issuance recorded

The Caulk Island Forest Carbon Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

No issuance recorded

The Cuyamaca Rancho State Park (CRSP) Reforestation Project

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

The Nature Conservancy Warm Springs IFM Carbon Project

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

No issuance recorded

The Shamrock Ranch Sustainable Forestry Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

Not yet issued

The Soil Center Carbon Initiative

Verra · United States · Agriculture

Not yet issued

The US Beef CowCredit project: A US Beef initiative to reduce methane from enteric fermentation

Verra · United States · Agriculture

Not yet issued

Therm- Reducing Food Loss and Waste

Verra · United States · Ghg Management

Not yet issued

Tiger 2019

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

No issuance recorded

Top O' The Morn Farms Biogas LLC

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

Not yet issued

Tradewater ODS 35a

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

No issuance recorded

Tradewater ODS 53

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

No issuance recorded

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