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Meet Coalie, the cute mascot of “Beautiful, Clean Coal”

Gail P Sherman
Feb 07, 2026
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Just as the administration yanked $500 million in funding to clean up abandoned coal mines, Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum made the social media debut of Coalie. Coalie, a pink-cheeked, googly-eyed lump of coal, is the mascot for the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement.

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As reported by Grist, Coalie has a long history with …

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