Local media seek out geographers to comment on current events

The recent shut down of construction on the VC Summer nuclear power plant has made the state's energy future a topic of much concern among South Carolinians. The Free Times' cover story, Nuclear Sunset, features Dr. Conor Harrison's appraisal of the policies the state will need to pursue to keep the electricity on.

With the record-setting winter weather South Carolina has experienced this January, climatologist Dr. Cary Mock has been approached by several media outlets, including The Daniel Island News and the South Carolina Radio Network, to comment.