STATEMENT | Senate Should Reject Pearce’s Nomination to Lead Bureau of Land Management
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Tim Whitehouse | March 4, 2026
Mr. Pearce is both unqualified and uniquely dangerous to be handed the immense authority that comes with leading BLM ...
COMMENTARY | When Government Silences Its Own Workers, We All Lose
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Tim Whitehouse | February 27, 2026
If agencies are allowed to punish speech they don’t like — especially when it touches on identity, science, or environmental protection — silence becomes the norm. And when silence becomes normal, everyone loses ...
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 ...
