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 2014 Event Office supply company Staples announces that up to 1.16 million cards may have been affected by a data breach in October; the company is offering free identity theft protection for shoppers at the affected stores and advises all customers to monitor their credit records 2014 Event The U.K. recognizes people of Cornish heritage as minorities in accordance with the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities; people of Scottish, Welsh and Irish heritage already have minority standing 2014 Event The U.S. Supreme Court rules that whistleblower protection under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act extends to private employees working for public companies under contract 2013 Event To avoid Obamacare penalties, today is the last day consumers in the U.S. can sign up for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 2013 Event Detroit, Michigan files the largest municipal bankruptcy in history; the city of Detroit seeks CHapter 9 bankruptcy protection and is $18.5 billion in debt 2012 Event Lehman Brothers exits its bankruptcy protection, making it free to sell remaining assets and distribute its funds to creditors 2012 Event The famous film and camera company Kodak, files for bankruptcy protection 2011 Event President Obama's health insurance mandate from his Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is struck down by the U.S. court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit 1991 Event Orion Pictures filed Chapter 11 for bankruptcy protection 1991 Event NY Daily News files for protection under chapter 11 1987 Event U.S. offers military protection to Kuwaiti ships in the Persian Gulf 1982 Event Intelligence Identities Protection Act (Public Law 97-200) 1970 Event Environmental Protection Agency begins (Dir: William Ruckelshaus) 1964 Event Rep Martha Griffiths address gets civil rights protection for women being added to the 1964 Civil Rights Act 1958 Birthday Fiona Reynolds, director/Council for Protection of Rural England 1956 Event Indian states of Punjab, Patiala and PEPSU merge as Punjab protection 1954 Event Council for the Children Protection forms in Netherlands 1943 Event German troops occupied Rome and took over the protection of Vatican City 1941 Event Nazi ordinances places Jews of Poland outside protection of courts 1932 Birthday William D Ruckelshaus, headed Environmental Protection Agency 1930 Birthday Anne Macfarlane, Master, Court of Protection 1920 Event Free City of Danzig forms under League of Nations protection 1917 Event Secret Service extends protection of president to his family 1881 Event France sign treaty of protection with Tunisia colony 1879 Event Congress passed 1st Timberland Protection Act 1871 Event Federal fish protection office authorized by Congress 1796 Event Game protection law restricts encroachment on Indian hunting grounds 1781 Event Emperor Jozef II decrees protection of population 1357 Event Charles IV issues letter of protection of Jews of Strasbourg Alsace
