2015 Event The U.S. National Labor Relations Board rules that recycler Browning-Ferris has employer responsibility for contract workers supplied by an agency; the ruling may imply similar liability for franchise companies such as McDonalds 2015 Event The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking to reduce greenhouse gases from oil and gas operations, proposing a rule to cut methane emissions from these sources by 40 to 45 percent of 2012 baseline levels over the next 10 years 2015 Event The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency turns polluter by accidentally releasing a million gallons of heavy-metal-laden mining wastewater into Colorado's Animas River while investigating a Superfund site 2015 Event U.S. President Barack Obama proposes 'The Clean Power Plan' to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 32 percent of 2005 levels; the plan is more stringent than the 30% reductions proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency 2015 Event The International Energy Agency estimates that oil prices will remain relatively low for the next five years, potentially dipping this year to an average of $55/barrel before increasing to about $73/barrel by the year 2020 2014 Event The European Space Agency makes history by landing a probe named Philae on the surface of a comet; scientists report that the probe anchors did not fire and that the vessel appears to have made two landings 2014 Event The Federal Communications Commission moves away from the idea of net neutrality, in which all Internet users are able to equally access and view content; the agency instead proposes to allow large companies to pay Internet service providers for access to faster-streaming 'lanes' 2014 Event 'The Washington Post' and 'The Guardian' win the Pulitzer Prize for reporting of surveillance programs by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA); the investigations relied on thousands of documents leaked by Edward Snowden, a former NSA contractor 2014 Event The U.S. National Security Agency confirms that it has been using a legal loophole to search phone calls and emails of Americans without a warrant 2014 Event Major photo agency Getty Images is now allowing free embedding of millions of its images, many of famous figures 2014 Event Google and Microsoft report that the National Security Agency ordered them to provide information on 10,000 accounts over a six-month period in 2012 and 2013, and Yahoo reported they complied with government request for information on more than 40,000 accounts 2014 Event Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who has been granted temporary asylum in Russia, claims that his decision to leak classified NSA documents about mining emails and telephone call logs, has resulted in several significant threats to his life 2014 Event Water vapor on the minor planet Ceres, the largest asteroid and the only dwarf planet in the inner Solar System, is detected by European Space Agency researchers 2014 Event It is revealed that the National Security Agency, NSA, is using software to spy on nearly 100,000 computers around the world; most of the software is implanted by accessing the Internet, but some technology enables data to be entered or altered through radio wave transmission 2013 Event The British Food Standards Agency reports a discovery in Lancashire of 100kg of horse meat imported from Hungary labelled as beef 2013 Event Owen Paterson, UK Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, convenes with British retailers and the Food Standards Agency to determine how "beef" products containing horsemeat were sold in supermarkets 2012 Event Standard & Poor's credit rating agency receives a ruling by an Australian judge that they misled investors in their rating of two-pre-crisis issues of structured debt 2012 Event Iran's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, says Islam should join the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty 2012 Event Moody's credit rating agency lowers its outlook on the European Union's AAA long-term bond rating from stable to negative 2012 Event After his decision not to context charges of doping by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, Lance Armstrong learns the organization has banned him for life and recommended he be stripped of his record seven Tour de France titles 2012 Event Lance Armstrong, the seven-time Tour de France winner, announces he will not contest the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency charges of doping, a result of which will include being stripped of all of his tour de France victories 2012 Event Standard and Poor's credit rating agency increases the rating of the Philippines to BB+ 2012 Event The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announces it will end talks with Iran; chief inspector Herman Nackaerts says there has been no progress 2012 Event International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General, Yukiya Amano, goes to Tehran to convince the Iran's government to co-operate with the IAEA 2012 Event The United States space agency NASA reveals it had its security compromised by hackers 13 times in the past year 2011 Event France's three biggest banks, Credit Agricole, BNP Paribas and Societe Generale, are downgraded by Moody's credit rating agency 2011 Event Reports indicate the credit ratings agency Standard & Poors will review 15 nations for possible downgrades, including France and Germany 2011 Event The European Space Agency makes contact with the Fobos-Grunt probe 48 hours after the spacecraft's window for launch to Mars closes 2011 Event Italy's credit rating is lowered from A+ to A by Standard and Poor's rating agency, a result of its high level of debt and the stability of its government 2011 Event Japan's National Police Agency discloses that 90% of cyberattacks on its web site came from IP addresses in the People's Republic of China 2011 Event With weak economic prospects and significant levels of public debt, Japan is downgraded to Aa3 by Moody's credit rating agency 2011 Event Standard &: Poor's rating agency downgrades U.S. sovereign debt; the downgrade is the first in the history of the United States 2011 Event The International Atomic Energy Agency calls for a summit to discuss concerns about nuclear safety following radiation leaks at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant 2010 Event The U.N. environment agency appoints actor Don Cheadle Goodwill Ambassador at a ceremony in Rwanda to mark World Environment Day 2010 Event Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, commands Iran's atomic agency to start enriching uranium at a higher level 1995 Event Carlson Wagonlit Travel Agency begins charging $15 service fee 1993 Death Mary C Lawton, jurist (CIA's Agency Seal Medallion), dies at 58 1993 Event Russian space agency tests a 82' wide space mirror 1986 Event Jack Morris agrees to salary arbitration with former team Tigers and accuses owners of collusion against free agency 1986 Event European Space Agency's Giotto flies by Halley's Comet (605 km) 1985 Event European Space Agency launches Giotto (Halley's Comet Flyby) 1984 Event Central Intelligence Agency's Information Act passes 1983 Event European Space Agency launches European Comm Satellite 1, Oscar 10 1981 Event 2 Habash terrorists attack a travel agency in Greece killing 2 1981 Event European Space Agency's Ariane carries 2 satellites into orbit 1976 Event Judge Oliver upholds Seitz's decision on Andy Messersmith free agency 1976 Event Hermes rocket launched by European Space Agency 1975 Event European Space Agency, ESA, forms 1972 Event Assam's North East Frontier Agency becomes Arunachal Pradesh terr 1970 Event Environmental Protection Agency begins (Dir: William Ruckelshaus) 1964 Event Carl T. Rowan named director of U.S. Information Agency 1963 Event American Heart Association is 1st agency to campaign against cigarettes 1961 Event U.S. authorizes Agency for International Development 1960 Event International Development Association (U.N. agency) comes into existence 1957 Event International Atomic Energy Agency formed by U.N. 1956 Event U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency statute approved 1949 Event Central Intelligence Agency Act, passes 1948 Event Jewish Agency of Jerusalem bombed 1946 Event U.S. president sets up CIA, Central Intelligence Agency 1944 Event Congress charters Central Intelligence Agency 1942 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt signs bill creating women's Navy auxiliary agency (WAVES) 1940 Event Commissioner Kenesaw Landis gives free agency to 91 Detroit Tigers 1932 Birthday William D Ruckelshaus, headed Environmental Protection Agency 1929 Event Jewish Agency for Palestine forms 1925 Event U.S.S.R.'s official news agency TASS forms 1922 Birthday Eileen Ford, modeling agency head, Ford Modeling Agency 1921 Event U.S. Post Office establishes philatelic agency 1918 Birthday E. Howard Hunt, born in New York, American author, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) spy, involved in Watergate 1899 Death Paul Julius von Reuter, founder of the news agency (Reuters), dies 1893 Event Congress authorizes 1st federal road agency, in Department of Agriculture 1841 Event Thomas Cook opens 1st travel agency 1819 Birthday Allan Pinkerton, founded Chicago detective agency
