Mine All Mine

“To the extent American children have a relationship with coal, it’s usually a negative one. Every kid knows the worst thing you can get on Christmas morning is a lump of the bituminous stuff as harsh payback for a year spent behaving poorly. Which makes it a little weird that Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum is using an anthropomorphized lump of coal, dressed in yellow safety gear and Mickey Mouse gloves, as the adorable mascot of President Donald Trump’s ‘American Energy Dominance Agenda,’ which includes bringing ‘clean, beautiful coal’ back from the edge of extinction … The mascot’s name is “Coalie,” and he appeared in a post on X recently with a cartoon version of Burgum. ‘Mine, Baby, Mine!’ Burgum’s post said, a message echoed on Cartoon Burgum’s hard hat.” Bloomberg (Gift Article): Meet ‘Coalie,’ the Lethal Mascot for Dirty Energy.