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.
The funding by Exxon Corporation of groups opposing the concept of anthropogenic global warming, the controversy surrounding this activity, and the attempt by the Royal Society of London to suggest that this funding be terminated.