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.

COMMENTARY | The Trump Administration’s War on Climate Science

by Tim Whitehouse | April 29, 2019
The Trump administration’s pro-industry, anti-science agenda has undermined the work of every federal agency that conducts climate science and has a broad chilling effect on agency personnel ...

Arctic Refuge Drilling Scientific Concerns Suppressed

by PEER | March 12, 2019
Memos Outlining Major Environmental and Public Health Information Gaps Buried ...

Persecution of Top Federal Climate Scientist

by PEER | December 17, 2018
CDC Buries Climate-Health Program, Reassigns, Gags and Threatens Epidemiologist ...

Trump White House Declares War on Climate Science

by PEER | December 3, 2018
Political Intervention to Change Climate Modelling and Water Down Projections ...

EPA Comes Up Empty In Search For Climate Denial Science

by PEER | October 10, 2018
Agency Admits Lack of Evidence Supporting Alternative Climate Explanations ...

Pruitt Had No Climate Data, EPA Admits

by PEER | August 6, 2018
EPA Asking Its Climate Experts if They Know of Any Alternative Science ...