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https://www.ft.com/content/0c162b9e-4c9a-40bf-ab48-a6d5f9830f6e

A sustained rally in the price of carbon allowances could prompt UK government intervention, Germany’s new government is prioritising climate goals, and the FT’s European technology correspondent, Madhumita Murgia, reports on academics’ struggles to access Facebook data that they need in order to find out more about the social effect of the company’s platforms.

Carbon price surge triggers UK market mechanism

https://www.ft.com/content/4b4631ac-92fa-47da-9d81-1c01aa185cd0

Olaf Scholz plots a way round Germany’s debt rules - with Guy Chazan 

https://www.ft.com/content/7f035d83-a85f-4a42-b81c-0d61af37e4fa

Investigating Facebook: a fractious relationship with academia - with Madhumita Murgia 

https://www.ft.com/content/1f409239-9e4a-4988-b6fa-cad4dbe7c344

Ghosn brands Nissan ‘visionless’ as electric vehicle plan falls flat 

https://www.ft.com/content/b7dd2398-a338-4fef-ad54-b1272e916651

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