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.

Maple Hill Landfill

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

691.5K

issued tCO₂e

Hudson Technologies HFC Reclamation Project 2020 - Georgia

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

688.6K

issued tCO₂e

Coolgas India ODS Project 1

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

683.1K

issued tCO₂e

Blue Source-Wolf River Improved Forest Management Project

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

680.0K

issued tCO₂e

HRC Oak Meadows IFM

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

677.2K

issued tCO₂e

Spray Foam Omega 5

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

675.6K

issued tCO₂e

Maine St. John River Carbon Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

675.2K

issued tCO₂e

NativState - Calion Ouachita River Wilderness

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

673.2K

issued tCO₂e

Bluesource - Spirit Falls Improved Forest Management Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

667.7K

issued tCO₂e

ILTF/NICC & Blackfeet Indian Nation Forest Carbon Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

665.8K

issued tCO₂e

Sacramento Canyon ARB001

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

662.3K

issued tCO₂e

McKinney Landfill

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

655.6K

issued tCO₂e

Morehead Landfill

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

649.4K

issued tCO₂e

EOS-CAR2011 Domestic

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

648.5K

issued tCO₂e

Finite Carbon - Hiawatha Sportsman's Club IFM

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

647.5K

issued tCO₂e

MRC Albion IFM

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

645.8K

issued tCO₂e

Anew - Elk Forestry Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

632.4K

issued tCO₂e

Anew - Doe Mountain Forestry Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

629.7K

issued tCO₂e

Finite Carbon - Stevenson AL IFM

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

628.6K

issued tCO₂e

Anew - Little Bear Forestry Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

619.8K

issued tCO₂e

Alligator River Avoided Conversion

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

604.2K

issued tCO₂e

Klamath Forest Carbon Project

Climate Action Reserve (CAR) · United States · Forest

600.8K

issued tCO₂e

Dyno Nobel LoMo NAP

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

599.2K

issued tCO₂e

Round Valley Indian Tribes Improved Forest Management Project

American Carbon Registry (ACR) · United States · Forest

597.7K

issued tCO₂e

Moccasin Mike Landfill Gas Project

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

597.4K

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