COMMENTARY | Testimony on Freedom 250 and the Lack of Transparency in America’s Semiquincentennial
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Tim Whitehouse | February 18, 2026
PEER Executive Director Tim Whitehouse testified before the House Natural Resources Committee about the role of Freedom 250, a private, Trump-aligned company, in planning the United States’ 250th anniversary celebrations ...
COMMENTARY | Building Accountability Back Into Government: Why It’s Essential for the Environment and Public Health
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Tim Whitehouse | December 18, 2025
At PEER, we believe restoring accountability is among the most urgent environmental and public health challenges of our time. It is also a challenge we know how to meet -- if we choose to strengthen, rather than silence, the institutions designed to keep the government honest ...
COMMENTARY | Environmental Attacks Continue at Full Speed; Much of it Under the Radar
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Tim Whitehouse | December 9, 2025
Several major rollbacks show a government being redirected to serve a narrow set of industries at the expense of the public ...
COMMENTARY | Confronting the Rise of Authoritarianism
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Tim Whitehouse | November 6, 2025
The the fate of our work protecting public employees and the environment is dependent on our ability to combat the rise in authoritarianism and promote democratic values in our country ...
STATEMENT | Federal Court Ruling Halting Illegal Firings of Federal Workers
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Tim Whitehouse | October 15, 2025
Today’s court ruling is an important victory for federal employees, for the rule of law, and for the principle that public servants cannot be used as political pawns ...