COMMENTARY | The EPA is Hiding Behind Industry Secrets
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Tim Whitehouse | March 15, 2023
This Sunshine Week, we discuss the use of “Confidential Business Information” to hide health and safety information from the public ...
COMMENTARY | Scientific Integrity Is Not a Popularity Contest
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Tim Whitehouse | March 9, 2023
Scientists who formally file dissenting opinions that challenge the orthodoxy of their agency, are often on a lonely, fraught journey ...
COMMENTARY | Biden Strengthens Clean Water Rules
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Tim Whitehouse | January 5, 2023
The new regulations repeal a Trump-era rule, called the “Dirty Water Rule” by many, that left millions of acres of waterways unprotected from pollution ...
Guest column: EPA has lost its way
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Tim Whitehouse | November 16, 2022
It has been more than 20 years since I worked as a senior attorney at the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), using my legal training to help enforce the Clean Water Act and advise agency managers on a range of hazardous waste issues ...
COMMENTARY | Saving Species Under Threat
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Tim Whitehouse | November 15, 2022
Protecting biodiversity and endangered species such as the North Atlantic Right Whale is one of the great challenges of our time ...