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.
According to the U.S. Climate Change Science Program, the United States âhas made the worldâs largest scientific investment in the areas of climate change and global change researchâ with a total of nearly $20 billion over the past 13 years.