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Marina Bolotnikova

Marina Bolotnikova

Senior Reporter, Future Perfect

    Latest articles by Marina Bolotnikova

    Future Perfect
    What’s worse than a cruel animal experiment? A cruel and fake animal experiment.What’s worse than a cruel animal experiment? A cruel and fake animal experiment.
    Future Perfect

    Raising the consequences for animal testing experiments gone wrong.

    By Marina Bolotnikova
    Future Perfect
    A fire killed 18,000 cows in Texas. It’s a horrifyingly normal disaster.A fire killed 18,000 cows in Texas. It’s a horrifyingly normal disaster.
    Future Perfect

    Factory farming’s disaster problem, explained.

    By Kenny Torrella, Marina Bolotnikova and 1 more
    Future Perfect
    The fight against factory farming is winning criminal trialsThe fight against factory farming is winning criminal trials
    Future Perfect

    Two activists were just acquitted for taking factory-farmed chickens worth $16.

    By Marina Bolotnikova
    Future Perfect
    Eggs are expensive for all the wrong reasonsEggs are expensive for all the wrong reasons
    Future Perfect

    If we assume eggs must be cheap, we can’t address the twin crises of factory farming and bird flu.

    By Marina Bolotnikova
    The bitter civil war dividing American veterinarians
    Future Perfect

    To fight the cruel meat industry, veterinarians have to fight their own profession.

    By Marina Bolotnikova
    Future Perfect
    Sen. Cory Booker has a plan to stop taxpayer bailouts of Big MeatSen. Cory Booker has a plan to stop taxpayer bailouts of Big Meat
    Future Perfect

    Meat production is dangerous for animals and the people who slaughter them. Cory Booker’s new bill aims to change that.

    By Kenny Torrella and Marina Bolotnikova
    It’s time to stop demonizing “invasive” species
    Down to Earth

    Climate change is forcing some animals to move. Don’t call them “invasives.”

    By Marina Bolotnikova
    America’s car crash epidemic
    Explainers

    Driving kills as many Americans each year as guns do. Experts say that’s preventable.

    By Marina Bolotnikova
    Money
    The spiritual bankruptcy of bottled waterThe spiritual bankruptcy of bottled water
    Money

    Selling out a national resource, at 75 billion bottles every year.

    By Marina Bolotnikova
    Money
    As the world burns, Americans buy bigger carsAs the world burns, Americans buy bigger cars
    Money

    In the aughts, there was a backlash against the SUV. Then came the crossover vehicle.

    By Marina Bolotnikova