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.
Exxon Mobil Corp. was formed in 1999 by the merger of two major oil companies, Exxon and Mobil. Both Exxon and Mobil were descendants of the John D. Rockefeller corporation, Standard Oil which was established in 1870.