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Envirogal

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3. Perfect time to introduce "Coalie"

Reply to flashman13 (Original post)

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 11:49 PM

14 hrs ago

The coal industry is revived not because it is a dirty, polluting and tyrannical industry that exploited its workers and strangleheld Appalachia economically for a hundred years, but because it didn’t have a silly mascot to make it more relatable from a PR aspect!!

Ignore the mountaintops being blown up, or the tar ash spills into the local waterways. “Coalie” is a warm and cuddly way to believe in the failed fairytale of clean coal.

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This is very wonky so I'm putting it here rather than General Discussion. [View all] flashman13 17 hrs ago OP

When Sheldon Whitehouse speaks, I listen. yellow dahlia 16 hrs ago #1

Thank you for posting Lulu KC 15 hrs ago #2

Perfect time to introduce "Coalie" Envirogal 14 hrs ago #3