MTBNSFMontana rail-corridor environmental observations

Reviewed context

Energy-system context

These source-bound summaries preserve their stated program or research scope. They do not become rail, shipment, or Montana observations.

AGENCY_PROGRAM_EVENT

Program stage: Selection

DOE’s program page for DE-FOA-0003605 describes two coal-project topic areas and records 2026 selection announcements.

Geography: United States

Reviewed

Current status checked:

Correction status: current

Sources

  • U.S. Department of Energy
    Funding Notice: Restoring Reliability: Coal Recommissioning and Modernization

    Source type
    PRIMARY_AGENCY_PROGRAM_RECORD
    Publication date
    Source status
    Last updated or validity checked:
    Reviewed
    Pinpoint
    NOFO number, Selectees, Key Dates, and Last Updated
    Source qualification
    Official DOE funding-notice page for DE-FOA-0003605; issue, selection language, and last-updated date rechecked on August 14, 2026.
    License and reuse
    Short original attributed summary and direct link only; no source images, funding amounts, project details, or third-party material are reproduced.

What this does not establish

  • An inference about Montana
  • Cause or causal contribution
  • Identification of a source
  • A current violation
  • The origin of a shipment
  • Identification of a train
  • A regulatory determination

See Corrections for the correction and retraction process.

RESEARCH_RESULT

CREA and GEM reported slower coal-power permitting in China during H1 2024 than during H1 2023, while project construction starts remained substantial.

Geography: China

Covered period: to

This short original summary is limited to the organizations' H1 2024 China report and its stated footnote caveat. It does not establish conditions in 2026, the United States, Montana, the Powder River Basin, rail traffic, shipments, or environmental causation.

Reviewed

Correction status: current

Sources

  • Global Energy Monitor
    China hits the brakes on coal power permits, but constructions remain robust

    Source type
    RESEARCH_ORGANIZATION_REPORT
    Publication date
    August 2024; exact day not stated by the source
    Reviewed
    Pinpoint
    Report overview, first three body paragraphs, and note 1
    Source qualification
    Global Energy Monitor research landing page by Qi Qin and Christine Shearer; the source states only August 2024 as its publication date.
    License and reuse
    All Rights Reserved; link to the source and use only this short original summary. Do not reproduce figures or tables without permission.

  • Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air and Global Energy Monitor
    China puts coal on back burner as renewables soar

    Source type
    RESEARCH_ORGANIZATION_REPORT
    Publication date
    Reviewed
    Pinpoint
    PDF page 5, printed page 3, Key findings and footnote 3
    Source qualification
    Joint CREA and GEM research report; H1 2024 scope and footnote caveat rechecked on August 14, 2026.
    License and reuse
    All Rights Reserved; link to the report and use only this short original summary. Do not reproduce figures or tables without permission.

What this does not establish

  • Cause or causal contribution
  • Identification of a source
  • A current violation
  • An inference about Montana
  • The origin of a shipment
  • Identification of a train
  • A regulatory determination

See Corrections for the correction and retraction process.