All articles by Alex Blair

Alex Blair is a UK-based reporter for GlobalData Media. He writes on topics including conflict, geopolitics, defence and sport.

Paris 2024’s ‘long-lasting legacy’ a new eco-model of Olympic hosting – IOC

As the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris enters its final weekend, the event has largely withstood scrutiny over environmental impact,…
What will Biden’s green energy legacy be?

In a move hailed by Democrats as selfless but criticised by Republicans as pre-planned, President Biden on Sunday (21 July)…
Zelensky attends UK extraordinary cabinet meeting on Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attended an extraordinary meeting in London today (19 July), where Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his…
New Zealand debates second seabed mine in push to double mineral exports

The New Zealand government is considering a second application for a prospecting permit to mine seabeds off the western coast…
What North Sea policies would a UK Labour government pass?

Climate policies in the manifesto of the Labour Party, projected to win the General Election next Thursday, 4 July, would…

UK elections: where does each party stand on North Sea drilling?

The UK government’s decision to approve 31 new licenses for oil and gas exploration last month – extending oil drilling…
Explainer: what is lithium ‘fingerprinting’?

Scientists in Australia say they have developed a new method of ‘fingerprinting’ lithium, a major breakthrough in tracing the supply…
Missing Tobago oil spill vessel resurfaces: where, how and what happens now?

After months of anger and outcry over an oil spill which inflicted $23m in damage on Tobago’s shores, the Trinidad…
Analysis: how is Russia weaponising ‘ecocide’ in Ukraine?

Attention has (rightly) focused on the grim number of casualties inflicted as the Russia-Ukraine conflict heads into its third year,…
How have Russian drone strikes damaged Ukraine’s energy grid?

Russia has targeted Ukraine’s energy grid with fresh waves of drone strikes, prompting power outages across Odesa and Mykolaiv on…