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Re-assessment pendingCARLandfill Gas Capture/CombustionUSRegistry: Crediting endedCAR-US-LANDFILL

McKinney Landfill

Developer: Montauk Energy Capital, LLC

CAR-409 ↗

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#277of 694 in Methane#745of 1794 in United States#490of 1013 in Climate Action Reserve (CAR)#83of 124 in CAR-US-LANDFILL

Score from methodology v2.1 (analysis of 19 Sep 2026). Re-assessment under v2.2 pending.

Crediting ended

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

Climate Action Reserve: “Completed”

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 5.1 / 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%.

Re-assessment pending · v2.1

Scored2026-09-19medium confidenceLatest monitoring period ends: 2016-12-31

evidence: 64/64 registry documents analyzed · 4 red flags

Generated by CarbonMeld Analysis Pipeline · Methodology · Editorial Policy · About the System
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Analysis

The McKinney Landfill gas capture project (CAR-409) has a VVB-confirmed additionality assessment and a reputable verifier (SCS Global), but the verification process surfaced multiple material findings including GHG calculation misstatements, missing calibration records, and data gaps requiring a 5% uncertainty discount. Verified emissions reductions for the 2016 monitoring period (54,112 tCO₂e) represent only about 64% of the pro-rata expectation derived from the lifetime ex-ante estimate, and leakage is not quantified in the available documents.

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Evidence

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On this page: the analysis of 19 Sep 2026, marked “Re-assessment pending”. Per-dimension scores, risk indicators, 4 red flags, score factors, detailed analysis, and 64 registry documents (64 analyzed).

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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)

    Methodology approved for some versionsCAR U.S. Landfill Protocol

    The Integrity Council approved some versions of this protocol and not others: check which version the project uses before claiming CCP quality.

    Source: ICVCM assessment

  • Removal or reduction

    Emission reduction or avoidance

    Prevents or reduces emissions — fits contribution claims, not SBTi neutralisation.

    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:2026-10-11

Credit Vintages Exhausted

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2008
28,17628,1760
2009
87,84187,8410
2010
95,60895,6080
2011
82,13782,1370
2012
84,15684,1560
2013
78,70578,7050
2014
78,23478,2340
2015
66,64266,6420
2016
54,11254,1120
Total655,611655,6110

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Analysis ProvenanceClimate Action Reserve Landfill Project Reporting Protocol, version 2.0
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