Nature & Environment News Stories Bronze Award

A man and woman watch a chemical factory in Kemerovo, Russia, Oct 14, 2012. [Sergey Ponomarev/Freelancer]

Apartment buildings in Kemerovo, Russia, Oct 13, 2012. [Sergey Ponomarev/Freelancer]

A woman on her way to a wedding in Kemerovo, Oct 13, 2012. [Sergey Ponomarev/Freelancer]

Bulldozers work on the coal, in Leninsk-Kuznetsk, Russia, Oct 16, 2012. [Sergey Ponomarev/Freelancer]

Miners inside the Komsomolskaya mine in Leninsk-Kuznetsk, Russia, Oct 17, 2012. [Sergey Ponomarev/Freelancer]

Miners commute by bus, in Leninsk-Kuznetsk, Russia, Oct 18, 2012. [Sergey Ponomarev/Freelancer]

Broken football gates on a playground in Prokopyevsk, Oct 16, 2012. [Sergey Ponomarev/Freelancer]

Two men drink vodka near the Tom river in Kemerovo, Oct 14, 2012. [Sergey Ponomarev/Freelancer]

A residential area of Prokopyevsk, Oct 16, 2012. [Sergey Ponomarev/Freelancer]