Climate and Energy

Executive Director

Tim is PEER’s Executive Director, with more than 30 years of experience working on environmental issues with governments, businesses, nonprofit organizations, and community groups. Prior to joining PEER, he was a senior attorney at the United States Environmental Protection Agency and was head of the Law and Policy Program at the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation in Montreal, Canada. He has worked as a consultant for companies on environmental compliance issues, and with nonprofit organizations focusing on clean energy issues. Most recently, he was executive director of Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility, a health advocacy group working to address climate change, toxics pollution, and nuclear disarmament issues. Tim’s interest is in the intersection of science, policy, and civil service. He believes in protecting employees who raise concerns about their workplace and in exposing undue influence on government for private gain. He holds a JD and BA from Emory University and an MA from New York University.

BLOG | Climate Denier David Legates Joins NOAA

by Tim Whitehouse | September 18, 2020
NOAA appointee Legates is unqualified, illegally appointed, and an eager spokesperson for anti-science/climate denier crusaders ...

PEERMail | BLM Must Embrace Climate Solutions

by Tim Whitehouse | September 15, 2020
Bureau of Land Management must confront climate change effects as a central element of its mission, as PEER presents in a 2021 action plan ...

OP-ED | Public Lands Are Key to Fighting Climate Change

by Elizabeth Duan | August 17, 2020
Public lands account for a quarter of the nation’s land area and nearly a quarter of the nation’s carbon dioxide emissions through extraction and combustion of fossil fuels ...

Allegations Against Climate Scientist Fall Apart  

by PEER | July 20, 2020
University of Colorado Bureaucratic Infighting Disrupts Climate Research ...

PEERMail | Climate Change Intensifies While University Stifles Research

by Tim Whitehouse | July 1, 2020
Greenhouse gases continue to rise to record levels driving global climate change, but one university is curtailing research by firing influential scientist ...

Arctic Climate Research Imperiled  

by PEER | June 23, 2020
University of Colorado Scientists Targeted by Oil Industry Removed ...