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Scientists say the ocean is sick. Jeff Ardon is with the Nature Conservancy in Mombasa, Kenya.

Scientists say the ocean is sick. Jeff Ardon is with the Nature Conservancy in Mombasa, Kenya.

which has increased the frequency of monster storms and is causing the seas to rise, possibly threatening a billion people in coastal cities like Nice by 2050. There's also overfishing and pollution, especially plastics. We have enough science to make informed decisions. There is more than enough for global leaders next week to make the right decisions.

which has increased the frequency of monster storms and is causing the seas to rise, possibly threatening a billion people in coastal cities like Nice by 2050. There's also overfishing and pollution, especially plastics. We have enough science to make informed decisions. There is more than enough for global leaders next week to make the right decisions.

That's Diva Amon, a marine scientist with the University of California, Santa Barbara. She says scientists will make their suggestions. Global leaders just need to listen.

That's Diva Amon, a marine scientist with the University of California, Santa Barbara. She says scientists will make their suggestions. Global leaders just need to listen.

One company called Oklo actually had its permit for a new reactor design denied by the NRC a few years ago. Today, its CEO was standing behind President Trump and its stock surged 25 percent. But despite that, I do want to say the fact remains nuclear power remains very, very expensive to build. And it's unclear whether these executive orders are really going to change that.

One company called Oklo actually had its permit for a new reactor design denied by the NRC a few years ago. Today, its CEO was standing behind President Trump and its stock surged 25 percent. But despite that, I do want to say the fact remains nuclear power remains very, very expensive to build. And it's unclear whether these executive orders are really going to change that.

It's someone who's curious, who's filled to the brim with optimism.

It's someone who's curious, who's filled to the brim with optimism.

It's important for me to let you all know that he was happy and his last moments were filled with joy.

It's important for me to let you all know that he was happy and his last moments were filled with joy.

Three Emmy Award winners will play the friends whose relationships fray over a postmodern painting. James Corden, the former host of The Late Late Show and a Tony winner, Neil Patrick Harris of How I Met Your Mother, who's also a Tony winner, and Bobby Cannavale, recently of The Watcher.

Three Emmy Award winners will play the friends whose relationships fray over a postmodern painting. James Corden, the former host of The Late Late Show and a Tony winner, Neil Patrick Harris of How I Met Your Mother, who's also a Tony winner, and Bobby Cannavale, recently of The Watcher.

The play, written in France and premiered in Paris, was a Broadway hit in 1998, when Alan Alda, Victor Garber, and Alfred Molina headlined in it. The Broadway revival opens in September. For NPR News, I'm Jeff London in New York.

The play, written in France and premiered in Paris, was a Broadway hit in 1998, when Alan Alda, Victor Garber, and Alfred Molina headlined in it. The Broadway revival opens in September. For NPR News, I'm Jeff London in New York.

Good to be with you, Scott.

Good to be with you, Scott.

Good to be with you, Scott.

So the NRC was set up back in 1974 by Congress as an independent agency, and it's operated under the purview of five commissioners, a mix of Democrats and Republicans. And their job is to enforce the rules of the nation's nuclear reactors. But now the White House is getting involved. Two U.S.