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After the European Commissioner for Climate, Wopke Hoekstra, intervened at the European Parliament on May 4, the European Commission convened a multi-stakeholder roundtable to gather immediate feedback from industry, NGOs and think tanks ahead of a proposal expected to land within weeks. (

Watch: Barron’s Senior Energy Writer Laura Sanicola and OPIS Senior Editor of US Solar Colt Shaw discuss what’s ahead for energy this week.

Watch this week’s episode for insights into the news about tech giants building out solar manufacturing capacity in the US to service data centers in space.

The next frontier for biogas demand may lie at sea. Yet conversations unfolding at the BIOGAS AMERICAS 2026 conference reveal an industry that is watching the Trump administration just as closely as it watches the world’s shipping lanes.

The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO’s) proposed net-zero framework contains what the industry urgen  tly wants: a man...

The U.S./Israel-Iran conflict has disrupted global supply chains, tightened physical bunker availability, especially in Asia, boosted demand for shipping fuels in parts of the world, and resulted in a spike in bunker prices in ports globally.

OPIS by Dow Jones European markets editor Stacy Maphula interviewed Kasper Sørensen, head of marine fuels sourcing, East, and Ga...

Barron’s Senior Energy Writer Laura Sanicola and OPIS Associate Director for Plastics David Barry discuss what’s ahead for plastics this week.

Watch this week’s episode for insights into the ramifications of the Iran conflict on chemical prices and, specifically, on plastics.