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ScoredACRAgricultural Land ManagementMICHIGAN, USRegistry: Crediting endedGeneral Methodologyv2.1

Nitrous Oxide Reduction in Corn

Developer: Delta Institute

ACR-171 ↗

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#67of 180 in Soil carbon#834of 1700 in United States#438of 955 in American Carbon Registry (ACR)

Crediting ended

The crediting period has ended. Credits already issued exist; no new ones will be issued unless the crediting period is renewed.

American Carbon Registry: “COMPLETED”

Assessment

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01020304 Overall 4.9 / 10
Integrity 🔒 Transparency 🔒 Claim Safety 🔒 Documentation 🔒
Dimension scores are locked — the faint arcs are empty tracks, not zero scores.

Scale 0–10 · method weights: integrity 35% · transparency 25% · claim safety 25% · documentation 15%.

Scored2026-09-13medium confidenceLatest verified monitoring: 2012-04-20

evidence:4/4registry documents analyzed · 4red flags

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Analysis

This ACR-registered nitrous oxide reduction project in Michigan corn production has a VVB-confirmed combined additionality test and consistent ERR figures (2.32 tCO₂e claimed and verified), but carries notable integrity concerns: a 0% buffer pool for a soil-carbon project, reversal risk explicitly not addressed in the verification report, and a project-specific baseline with no documented reassessment. Six material findings in the verification report reveal that the initial project documentation had significant gaps in QA/QC, land ownership, and baseline description, all requiring corrective action.

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Eligibility & market

What can you claim with this credit?

Four checks buyers ask about, from the registry and the Integrity Council (ICVCM).

  • Airlines (CORSIA)

    No CORSIA label on the registry

    Not usable for airlines' CORSIA obligations.

    Source: registry label

  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    No ICVCM information

    No CCP label and no ICVCM decision found for this project's methodology.

  • Removal or reduction

    Carbon removal

    Takes CO₂ out of the atmosphere — the only type that can neutralise residual emissions in an SBTi net-zero claim.

    Source: project sector

  • Paris Agreement (Article 6)

    No Article 6 authorization

    No corresponding adjustment: the host country can also count this reduction towards its own target.

    Source: registry label

Information only, from public sources. Claim rules (CORSIA, SBTi, EU rules on green claims) change: check them before making a public claim. Since 27 September 2026, EU consumer rules do not allow “climate neutral” product claims based on offsets.

Registry labels last checked:2026-09-27

Credit Vintages Exhausted

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2011
220
Total220

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Analysis ProvenanceGeneral Methodologyv2.1
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