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collegians For A Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT) Say "No" to Michael Mann}:

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Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow

:{Sep 10, 2025,

HOUSTON, Sept. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- College students today protested the promotion of climate activist Dr. Michael Mann at a Rice University Baker Institute for Public Policy event, holding signs with slogans like "Hands off my future!," "Dr. Mann hates debate," and "Limp Stick Energy."

CFACT students protest at Rice University.

Marc Morano joins the students at Rice University to challenge Mann on

Students held signs with slogans like “Hands off my future!,” “Dr. Mann hates debate,” and “Limp Stick Energy.”

"Elevating Michael Mann at an institution of higher learning is completely counterintuitive," said Rice University undergraduate Cristobal Spielmann. "He has repeatedly demonstrated that questioning his version of consensus gets you labeled a climate denier, whom he calls 'horrible people…typically bigoted, xenophobic, racist, misogynistic, homophobic, antisemitic' – if not sued. We reject his oppressive tactics and narrow worldview."

Mann rose to prominence as the lead author of a report that was the first to estimate climate trends using what the New York Times called a "grab bag of evidence." It included what became known as the "hockey stick" graph depicting an upward spike in temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere. Leaked emails from the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit later showed Mann working with others to suppress climate debate even as he withheld data from analysts seeking to replicate his findings. He has filed lawsuits against people and media organizations for criticizing him.

"We've been taught that testing, challenging and modifying hypotheses, and retesting are all part of the scientific method," said CFACT Collegian activist Nicolas Walker. "Yet Dr. Mann treats questions and requests for data as attacks rather than rigorous intellectual challenges. He has bullied, sued, and tried to censor people who dare to disagree with him, both publicly and behind the scenes. Now he's touting a book that encourages everyone to act like him."

The students have a simple message: college campuses should be sponsors of debate, not celebrating people like Mann who shut it down.

"We are extremely proud of our college students for standing up to Michael Mann's demonstrated bullying tactics by refusing to accept debate being treated as dangerous and anti-science," said Nate Myers, National Collegians Director. "Where can inquiry thrive if not on campus?"

MEDIA CONTACT: Judy Kent, 703-477-7476, jkent@cfact.org

SOURCE Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow

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  3. Step 3 - Press Release Submission Submit press release online through our APAC Portal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PR_Newswire

PR Newswire was a distributor of press releases headquartered in New York City.[2] The service was created in 1954 to allow companies to electronically send press releases to news organizations, at first using teleprinters. The founder, Herbert Muschel, operated the service from his house in Manhattan for approximately 15 years. The business was eventually sold to Western Union and then United Newspapers of London.[3] In December 2015, Cision Inc. announced it would acquire the company.[4] On January 1, 2021, Cision formally merged PR Newswire into the company, ending its status as a legal entity after 66 years. Cision plans to continue utilizing the brand name for the foreseeable future in the United States, as well as in Europe and the Asia-Pacific regions.

History

PR Newswire was founded in March 1954.[5] In 1971, it was sold to Western Union,[3] which had provided the telecommunications lines and teleprinters that supported the service. In 1977, PR Newswire began using electronic terminals for copy editing.[citation needed]

In 2000 the company acquired eWatch, founded in 1995 as an automated service to monitor websites, chat rooms, Usenet groups, web publications, online service forums and investor message boards for mentions of a specific organization, issue, product or service. In 2001, PR Newswire issued a multimedia news release for Touchstone Pictures promoting the film Pearl Harbor, which included b-roll, soundbites, high resolution images, and film trailer.[6] On April 17, 2007, PR Newswire acquired Vintage Filings.[7]

In December 2008, PR Newswire moved its New York City corporate headquarters from Midtown Manhattan to Lower Manhattan, at 350 Hudson Street.[1] In mid-2009, PR Newswire acquired The Fuel Team.[8] The largest competitor to PR Newswire is Business Wire, as of 2014 and PR News Journal as of 2018.[9] On December 15, 2015, PR Newswire was sold to global media intelligence company, Cision, for $841 million.[4] The transaction, which required approval by the shareholders of UBM plc as well as regulatory approvals, was expected to close late in the first quarter of 2016. As of June 2016 (closing date of the deal) it became a subsidiary of Cision.[2] As of 2013, the PR newswire database included 10,700 syndicated websites and had 800,000 journalists and influencers in its network.[9]

In the 2010s, PR Newswire and its competitor Business Wire were the target of extensive successful attacks by Ukrainian hackers, who accessed not yet published press releases to enable insider trading.[10] According to the FBI, the case was the world's largest known computer hacking and securities fraud, with profits exceeding $100 million in those trades that were made public by the SEC alone, but believed to be vastly higher than that by the authorities.[10]

In 2021, there are unconfirmed reports that parent company Cision are looking to spin off PR Newswire driven by Cision-majority owner Platinum Equity.[11]

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TownNews

TownNews.com is a digital media and online publishing company based in Moline, Illinois. The company's products are commonly used by American newspaper websites.

The company was founded by Marc Wilson, Virginia R. Wilson, and Robert P. Dalton as the International Newspaper Network (INN) in 1989 to help newspapers deal with developing technology.[1] As of 2017, over 1,600 newspapers, magazines, radio stations, and TV stations use TownNews.com's products.[1]

Products

The company's lead product is the BLOX Content Management System (CMS), which is widely used to produce online and print products.[1] Customers include Lee Enterprises,[3] Berkshire-Hathaway Media,[4] Digital First Media,[5] Adams Publishing Group,[6] Pioneer Newspaper Group,[7] the Evening Post Publishing,[8] and many other groups and independent publications.

Organization

TownNews.com is headquartered in Moline, Illinois.[1] Executives added since 2000 include CEO Brad Ward, head programmer Patrick O'lone, systems chief Chris Murley, controller Darcy Heist,[9] and national sales VP Rick Rogers.[10] Marc Wilson became executive chairman in October 2016 after serving as chief executive since the company's founding.[2]

Lee Enterprises, the fourth-largest newspaper group in the United States is an 82.5% stakeholder of TownNews.com.[citation needed] The Wilsons and Keenan[citation needed] remain minority partners.[2] Lee Enterprises became the majority partner in 1996.[1]

Acquisitions

Over the years, TownNews.com has acquired various organizations, most notably ZWire, AdQuest,[11] Anytime News,[12] and DotConnect Medi

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... part two of Friends of Science Society's 18th Annual Event online will feature American author Marc Morano with "Green New Deal: The Great Regret".

== SPONSORED [sm font] no lnxNew Yorker Magazine Has a Moral Obligation to Open the Climate Debate Before COP26, says Friends of Science SocietyBy Friends of Science Society Sep 29, 2021 Updated Sep 29, 2021 Comments CALGARY, Alberta, Sept. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- In response to the Sept. 27, 2021, interview in The New Yorker with Swedish climate activist Andreas Malm

who advocates for 'intelligent sabotage' of critical infrastructure that underpins modern society,

The New Yorker is morally obliged to interview Swedish climate scientists like Hans Jelbring to calm the dangerous rhetoric of Malm before the November 2021 COP26 climate conference,

says Friends of Science Society. As discussed in the LA Review of Books of Jan. 2021, Malm's case is that humanity faces a 'hellscape' earth, and thus rather than march in the streets,

climate activists should sabotage equipment of energy developers and providers.Friends of Science says extremist rhetoric from Malm and groups like Extinction Rebellion exist because of the lack of media coverage of rational, dissenting, scientific views on climate change.The promotion of climate hysteria by Columbia Journalism Review's "Covering Climate Now" project exacerbates the public fears, where some 400 media outlets preach climate catastrophe to an audience of 2 billion people. This one-sided coverage and intentional polarization has now created a danger for society itself with media giving a profile to people like Malm. Local Trending News]A sober reading of the ~4,000-page United Nations IPCC AR6 report released last month, mentions 'climate emergency' and 'climate crisis' only once on a page about media coverage.

The alarming 'hockey stick' graph that appears in the IPCC Summary for Policy Makers (that makes it seem as if now is the hottest time ever) does not appear in the scientific document

as explained in this Friends of Science video – obviously an effort to manipulate policymakers and the media. The 'hockey stick' data set has been deconstructed by Steve McIntyre of Climate Audit.Roger Pielke, Jr.explains that this IPCC report has abandoned the view of a 'hellscape' future for humanity associated with a scenario known as RCP 8.5

and contrary to Malm's claim that wildfires and floods are evidence of climate change, Pielke, Jr.'s review shows the scientific report of the IPCC does not see any such trends. Pielke, Jr. and colleague Justin Ritchie have shown in a peer-reviewed study that most catastrophic thinking on climate has stemmed from persistent use of the RCP8.5 scenario 'as if business-as-usual' when it is implausible. These scenarios were only meant for climate research and not for policy making. Malm's claims about wildfires as evidence of climate change are misinformed, as Friends of Science Society explained last year to a SLATE journalist in this post and video.

Likewise, this year's alarming heat that occurred coincident to the tragic Lytton, BC fire can be understood by atmospheric conditions, as explained by Jean van Vliet and Brigitte van Vliet-Lanoie.Friends of Science Society calls on The New Yorker to be responsible and open up the debate on climate science with qualified scholars holding dissenting views

such as Swedish scientist Gösta Petterson (author of "Falskt Alarm/False Alarm" – his work promoted in English by Elsa Widding),

or any of the scientists and scholars of CLINTEL, the climate intelligence organization of over 900 signatory scientists and scholars who state there is no climate emergency.The CLINTEL World Climate Declaration can be read here.CLINTEL's president, Dr. Guus Berkhout, will be the first speaker at Friends of Science Society's 18th Annual Event, online, this Saturday, October 2, 2021, at 10 a.m. MDT/12 p.m. EDT .

Dr. Berkhout will present "Climate Science: Let the Data Speak" and will show how the actual data does not support the 'hellscape' fears and rhetoric of activists like Malm. On Oct. 6, 2021, at 7 p.m. MDT/9 p.m. EDT, part two of Friends of Science Society's 18th Annual Event online will feature American author Marc Morano with "Green New Deal: The Great Regret". There will be live Q&A following each presentation. Both events are free to the public. About Friends of Science Society is an independent group of earth, atmospheric and solar scientists, engineers, and citizens that is celebrating its 19th year of offering climate science insights.

After a thorough review of a broad spectrum of literature on climate change, Friends of Science Society has concluded that the sun is the main driver of climate change, not carbon dioxide (CO2).Friends of Science Society P.O. Box 23167, Mission P.O.Calgary, AlbertaCanada T2S 3B1 Toll-free Telephone: 1-888-789-9597 Web: friendsofscience.org E-mail: contact(at)friendsofscience(dot)org Web: climatechange101.ca Media Contact Michelle Stirling, Friends of Science Society, 8887899597, media@friendsofscience.org Twitter SOURCE Friends of Science Society

WASHINGTON, March 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES) Managing Director Heather Reams issued the following statement on the news that Congressman Matt Gaetz (FL-1) is working to introduce an alternative to the Green New Deal, titled "Green Real Deal.">WASHINGTON, March 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES) Managing Director Heather Reams issued the following statement on the news that Congressman Matt Gaetz (FL-1) is working to introduce an alternative to the Green New Deal, titled "Green Real Deal."

Heather Reams, executive director of Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions. "Republicans must continue to champion solutions to further emission reductions, including grid modernization, regulatory reform, tax incentives and greater investment in clean energy research, development and deployment that will enable industry and the power of the free market to innovate and move more quickly. We call on members of Congress to join Congressman Gaetz in creating a conservative vision to combat climate change that includes clean energy advancements."" data-reactid="12">"Congressman Gaetz deserves to be applauded for taking the lead in crafting a bold resolution that identifies actionable climate solutions that will benefit America's economy, environment, and national security," said Heather Reams, executive director of Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions. "Republicans must continue to champion solutions to further emission reductions, including grid modernization, regulatory reform, tax incentives and greater investment in clean energy research, development and deployment that will enable industry and the power of the free market to innovate and move more quickly. We call on members of Congress to join Congressman Gaetz in creating a conservative vision to combat climate change that includes clean energy advancements."

Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions is a 501(c)(4) non-profit organization founded in 2013 to engage Republican policymakers and the public about common sense, conservative solutions to address our nation's need for abundant, reliable energy while preserving our environment." Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions is a 501(c)(4) non-profit organization founded in 2013 to engage Republican policymakers and the public about common sense, conservative solutions to address our nation's need for abundant, reliable energy while preserving our environment.

A new NASA study found that there has been a net increase in land ice in Antarctica in recent years, despite a decline in some parts of the continent. The study's lead author astutely predicted that climate science deniers would distort the study, even though it does nothing to contradict the scientific consensus on climate change or the fact that sea levels will continue to rise.

...

And Other Measurements Show Net Loss Of Antarctic Ice In Recent Years

NASA's Gavin Schmidt: "I Would Pin More Weight" To Recent Data From NASA GRACE Satellite "Than To This Latest Paper."VICE News reported:

Gavin Schmidt, who directs the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and was not affiliated with the study, said that data from a pair of satellites called GRACE, which measure gravity, actually points towards a net loss of ice on the Antarctic continent in more recent years.

Schmidt said that there are two methods for measuring the mass of an ice sheet. The first measures gravity, and the second measures the elevation of the top of the ice sheet. Both methods need to take different variables into account to be accurate. The method used in this most recent study measured the ice sheet's elevation, and the most recent time period it considered ended in 2008.

"I would pin more weight to the GRACE data than to this latest paper," Schmidt told VICE News. VICE News, [11/2/15]

Slate's Phil Plait: Since End Of Study Dataset In 2008, Antarctic Ice Loss HasGreatlyAccelerated.Slate science writer Phil Plait wrote:

A new study just published in the Journal of Glaciology is causing some buzz in climate circles, because it appears to claim that Antarctica -- long thought to be losing ice at extremely alarming rates -- is actually gaining ice. However, note the word "appear". The reality is more complicated, and in the end the important aspect of this is that the study only talks about part of Antarctica, and only used data up to 2008. Both of these points are critical.

[...]

They looked at data going from 1992 - 2008. Starting right around that time, mass loss due to melting ice in Antarctica (mostly in the west) has accelerated. It's actually been speeding up for some time, but in recent years it's really kicked in. Every year, about six billion more tons of ice are lost than the year before. In the past two decades, the loss rate has doubled.

This is enough to easily outpace the mass gained by snowfall over East Antarctica. Using data taken by the Grace satellites (which measure how mass underneath them changes over time), we know that overall, Antarctica is currently losing more than 130 billion tons of ice per year, and again, that number is increasing every year. Since 2002 it's lost about two trillion tons of ice. Slate, [11/3/15]

Study Author Was Right: Conservative Media Used Study To Deny Climate Science Consensus

Fox's Varney: Study Provides "Doubt" That "Global Warming Theories Are Going The Right Way."On the November 2 edition of Fox Business' Varney & Co., host Stuart Varney teased a segment on the NASA study by claiming it is "putting some doubt that some global warming theories are going the right way. That's NASA saying that." Varney later brought on Fox News contributor Stephen Moore, who complained that the media touts every "story that seems to validate global warming," while ignoring studies like the NASA study, which are an "indication that it's actually not happening." At the end of the segment, Moore joked that "this might be the start of another Ice Age." Fox Business, *Varney & Co.*, [11/2/15; 11/2/15]

Drudge Report HypedNASAStudy UnderneathHeadline AboutPutin Calling Global Warming "A Fraud."The Drudge Report, a highly trafficked conservative news aggregator, linked to the Christian Science Monitor's article on the NASA study with the headline "Antarctica gaining ice ..." The headline was placed beneath another headline that stated: "PUTIN: Global Warming 'A Fraud'..." (as well as a headline touting the baseless claim that the United Nations is planning to create a "climate justice" court):

Drudge Report Archives, [11/2/15; Media Matters,11/3/15]

LimbaughCriticized Media Outlet For ReportingThat Study Does Not Disprove Global Warming.On the November 2 edition of his show, Rush Limbaugh criticized the Christian Science Monitorfor reporting that the NASA study is not evidence that "global warming is over":

LIMBAUGH: Is global warming over? No, no, of course not. We're not supposed to assume that! We only assume when the ice is melting that there is global warming. But when the ice is expanding? No, no, no, no, no. That does not mean that there isn't any global warming! See how this works? Premiere Radio Networks, *The Rush Limbaugh Show*, [11/2/15;Christian Science Monitor,11/1/15]

American Thinker: "The Fraud Is Falling Apart."Conservative blog American Thinker published a blog post headlined: "Oh-oh! NASA study finds Antarctic ice cap growing." In it, American Thinker asserted that the global warming "fraud" is "falling apart." American Thinker, [11/2/15]

The Telegraph: Antarctic Ice Growing "Despite Fears Over Global Warming."The Telegraph reported: "Antarctica's ice floes have been found to be growing faster than they are shrinking despite fears over global warming." *The Telegraph*, [11/2/15]

The Daily Express: "What Global Warming?" The Daily Express:{ published an article headlined, "What global warming? Antarctic ice is INCREASING by 135 billion tonnes a year, says NASA." The article asserted: "Global warming theories have been thrown into doubt after Nasa also claimed current horror predictions into future sea-level rises may not be as severe." :(style="background-color:#ffffff;"):}:*The Daily Express*:{, :(style="background-color:#ffffff;"):}:[11/2/15:{]}:

Newsmax: "NASA Debunks Global Warming." Right-wing website Newsmax published an article headlined: "NASA Debunks Global Warming: Ice Sheets Growing." Newsmax, [11/1/15]

Conservative Media Have History Of Distorting Scientific Research To Fit Deniers' Agenda.Over the past several years, scientists have frequently had to call out right-wing media for distorting their studies to promote climate science denial. [Media Ma

http://mediamatters.org/research/2015/11/04/nasa-scientist-warned-deniers-would-distort-his/206612

UBM plc

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TypePublic limited company
Traded asLSE: UBM
IndustryMedia
Founded1918
Founder(s)David Lloyd George
HeadquartersLudgate House, London, United Kingdom
Key people

Dame Helen Alexander (Chairman)

David Levin (CEO)

Products

Magazines

Exhibitions

News Distribution

Revenue£797.8 million (2012)[1]
Operating income£150.2 million (2012)[1]
Net income£121.2 million (2012)[1]
Employeesapprox. 6,500 (2012)
Websitewww.ubm.com

UBM plc is a multinational media company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Its principal operations are live media and business-to-business communications, marketing services and data provision, and it principally serves the technology, healthcare, trade and transport, ingredients and fashion industries. UBM is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.

Contents

History

The history of the companies that now make up UBM stretches back almost two hundred years. UBM businesses still publish many other titles that were launched in the 19th century, including Building magazine, launched in 1843 by Joseph Hansom, as well as Chemist & Druggist.[2]

The company was founded in 1918 as United Newspapers[3] by David Lloyd George to acquire the Daily Chronicle and Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper. In 1929, the company merged with Provincial Newspapers, an owner of regional papers in the north; the next year, it sold its national papers.[4] The company continued for decades as a regional newspaper publisher, making acquisitions such as Yorkshire Post Newspapers in 1969.[4]

It acquired PR Newswire in 1982.[3] In 1985 it bought Express Newspapers and continued to publish the Daily Express for some 15 years.[3] It changed its name to United News & Media in 1995,[3] sold its regional papers in 1998, and bought CMP Media in 1999 for $920 million.[3] In 2000, it sold the Daily Express to Richard Desmond and adopted the name of United Business Media. It went on to acquire Commonwealth Business Media for $152 million in 2006.[5]

In 2008, UBM moved its tax headquarters to Ireland, but in 2012, the company announced its intent to move its tax base back to the United Kingdom.[6] In 2012, PA Group, the parent company of the Press Association, sold its 50% stake in Canada Newswire to joint venture partner UBM for £30.1 million.[7]

Television interests

MAI was part of a consortium which bid for the ITV south and south east area, which formed Meridian Broadcasting in 1991. MAI began to expand following the successful launch of Meridian: in 1994 the company bought Anglia Television, the ITV franchise for the east of England,[8] and the following year became a major shareholder in the consortium that won the franchise for Channel 5.[9] In 1996, MAI merged with United Newspapers (via an agreed takeover by United) to form United News & Media (UNM). The resulting company owned the Daily Express newspaper, Meridian, Anglia, and a large shareholding (through the Yorkshire Post) in Yorkshire Tyne Tees Television, the owners of Yorkshire Television and Tyne Tees Television.[10] The stake in Yorkshire Tyne Tees Television was sold to Granada, allowing them to take control of the two franchises in 1997. United News and Media later agreed to buy Scottish Television's 20% stake in HTV[11] and on 28 June 1997, HTV was taken over fully by UNM for £370 million.[12]

In 1999, plans emerged of a merger between UNM and rival Carlton,[13] however these talks failed when it appeared that Meridian would have to be sold off as a condition of the deal.[14][15] As a result, the television assets of UNM were sold to Granada, however due to regulations stating that the company could not control that large an audience share, the broadcasting arm of HTV was sold to Carlton in exchange for Central's 20% stake in Meridian.[15][16][17]

Reorganisation since 2005

In 2005 UBM re-focused on two principal businesses: PR Newswire, a global news distribution business; and CMP, an international events, print and online publishing business. It disposed of NOP which was acquired by GFK for £383 million in 2005.[18] In September 2006, NewBay Media acquired CMP Entertainment Media from United Business Media[19]

On 1 July 2008, as part of a reorganisation of the corporate structure of the Group, United Business Media Limited (UBML) was created as a new holding company and parent company of the Group. UBML is UK-listed and incorporated in Jersey.[20] In 2010 the principal holding company of the United Business Media group (the “Group”) was organised into five operating segments:[21] Events, TD & M, Data Services, Online and Print.[22]

In September 2010, Canon Communications announced that it had agreed to be acquired by UBM.[23]

In 2010, UBM launched DeusM, a marketing services company focused on creating online communities for business-to-business vendors.[24]

In May 2011, United Business Media officially changed its name to UBM plc.[25]

In February 2012 Yankee Group sold its annual 4G World telecoms and wireless trade show[26] to UBM plc[27] where it will be incorporated into its UBM Techweb division[28]

Briefing Media[29] acquired UBM plc's UK agriculture and medical general practitioner portfolios for £10 million in February 2012[30] whilst UBM plc announced the acquisition of four tradeshows in Asia for 19.4 million in the same month, marking UBM plc's continuing transformation into an events and B2B marketing services company[31]

Operations

UBM distributes news and information and also offers media products to customers.[32] Its businesses are RISI, PR Newswire, UBM Asia, UBM Aviation, UBM Built Environment, UBM Canon, UBM Conferences, UBM Connect, UBM Global Trade, UBM Live, UBM Medica, UBM Awards, UBM Studios, UBM TechInsights, UBM Tech, and UBM DeusM. It also included CMP Information (CMPi) which was split into five separate businesses in 2008.[33] It is also a major shareholder of ITN and Press Association.

UBM's media properties include:

Major competitors

UBM's main competitors are International Data Group, Reed Elsevier and Nielsen, Informa PLC and Centaur Media