In an up-down position. Upright. Example: trees grow in a vertical direction. (Side-to-side is called horizontal).
Exxon Mobil is being investigated for keeping climate change research from investors. Since 2007, it has disclosed to shareholders about potential risks posed to its bottom line by climate change. RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: In the battle over the science of climate change, oil and gas money has helped fund the skeptics.
Is Big Oil the Next Big Tobacco? As Massachusetts and the Virgin Islands announce their own investigations of Exxon Mobil, joining New York and California, thereâs a distinct echo of what happened to tobacco companies years ago. The four governments are trying to determine if Exxon Mobil misled the public and investors about the risks of climate change.