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Green Valley Dairy

Developer: 3Degrees Group, Inc

CAR-504 ↗

#1133of 1794 in United States#749of 1013 in Climate Action Reserve (CAR)#56of 68 in CAR-US-LIVESTOCK

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 4.4 / 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

Green Valley Dairy is a CAR-registered biogas capture and combustion project with VVB-confirmed additionality, but the verification report (March 2015) discloses 11 material findings centred on flow-meter over-reporting of 26–33 %, missing methane-concentration data, and unrecorded flare flows. Extensive conservative corrective actions were applied, yet the absence of a quantified leakage assessment, a project-specific modeled baseline with no stated reassessment date, and a contradiction between two verification reports (18,641 vs 12,449 tCO₂e) leave meaningful uncertainty about the robustness of the claimed reductions.

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Findings

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On this page: the analysis of 19 Sep 2026, marked “Re-assessment pending”. Per-dimension scores, risk indicators, 5 red flags, score factors, detailed analysis, and 21 registry documents (21 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 under ICVCM assessmentCAR U.S. Livestock Protocol

    The Integrity Council has not decided on this methodology yet.

    Source: ICVCM assessment

  • Removal or reduction

    Not determined

    The registry data do not say whether these credits are removals or reductions.

  • 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
2009
9,3409,3400
2010
13,15413,1540
2011
14,56600
2012
14,0908000
2013
16,49300
2014
2,95500
Total70,59823,2940

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Analysis ProvenanceU.S. Livestock Project Protocol

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