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Miami's Nuclear Power Plant Increasingly Vulnerable As Newest Rounds of Hurricanes Approach East Coast

Miami sits at the edge of a storm, and not only because of the hurricanes forming in the Atlantic. The city's only nuclear power facility, the Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station, is at the center of a growing debate as environmental groups and the Miccosukee Tribe warn in interviews with…

Latin Times · Sep 24, 2025

Ageing nuclear plant in Florida at risk from climate crisis, advocates warn

Regulators extended the life of two of the oldest US reactors in Miami. Millions of people in the area are now vulnerable

The Guardian - US · Mar 1, 2025

Knight puts $8 million into push to make Miami ‘the most climate literate city in the nation’

In South Florida, surveys routinely show that residents care deeply about having clean water and air, and unpolluted water to swim and fish in. But when it comes to perhaps the biggest environmental threat yet — climate change — it’s not the kitchen table conversation that environmentalists believe it should…

Miami Herald · Jun 28, 2023