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McCloud River

Developer: Bascom Pacific, LLC

CAR-429 ↗

#319of 438 in Water#1096of 1794 in United States#726of 1013 in Climate Action Reserve (CAR)

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

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 4.5 / 10 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

Analysis

The McCloud River Forest Project is a long-running CAR-registered conservation project with VVB-verified additionality, but the 2025 verification report reveals an extraordinary volume of calculation errors (30+ material findings) and 25+ corrective actions, indicating systemic MRV weaknesses. The verified emission reduction figure dropped by roughly 63% between two reports issued weeks apart in mid-2025, and the project delivered only about one-third of its pro-rata expectation for the elapsed monitoring period. While the project's long history and reputable VVB provide some assurance, the density of errors and the magnitude of the correction undermine confidence in the underlying carbon accounting.

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Findings

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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 23 registry documents (23 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)

    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: registry label

  • 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

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2007
88,86800
2008
71,09400
2009
20,04900
2010
20,04900
2011
20,04800
2012
47,11100
2015
79,82954,5555,804
2016
83,39250,33030,836
2017
21,48721,4870
2019
76,134010,864
2020
35,196035,196
2021
58,3011,20057,101
2022
52,123052,123
2023
25,601025,601
Total699,282127,572217,525

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Analysis ProvenanceGeneral Methodologyv2.1

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