Scientific Integrity

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.

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 ...

BLOG | Opposing the EPA Plan to Restrict Science

by Kyla Bennett | May 21, 2020
The new EPA plan to restrict science is subject to the interests of political appointees and is not based on exisitng scientific integrity standards ...

Questionable Termination Undermines Climate Science

by PEER | May 5, 2020
University of Colorado-Boulder Serves Oil and Gas Special Interests ...

Losing Our Voice: The Attack on Public Health Science

by Guest Contributor | April 14, 2020
Politicians are leading our nation’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Public health experts and scienists, sidelined and ignored, have lost their voices ...

Jonathan Lundgren, Former USDA Entomologist: A Bee Expert With His Integrity Intact

by PEER | March 17, 2020
When USDA’s research arm tried to stifle his research on the effects of pesticides on honey bees and the environment, Jonathan Lundgren fought back with PEER’s help ...