Despite ups and downs from year to year, global average surface temperature is rising. By the beginning of the 21st century, Earthâs temperature was roughly 0.5 degrees Celsius above the long-term (1951â1980) average. (NASA figure adapted from Goddard Institute for Space Studies Surface Temperature Analysis. ).
H.R. 2292 (Markey) would require the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to provide a regulatory definition of HFT in the derivatives markets that the agency oversees. It would also require such high-frequency traders in derivatives to register with the CFTC, submit semiannual reports to the agency, and conform to business conduct
Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC), any of several organic compounds composed of carbon, fluorine, and chlorine. When CFCs also contain hydrogen in place of one or more chlorines, they are called hydrochlorofluorocarbons, or HCFCs. CFCs are also called Freons, a trademark of the E.I.