Whistle Blowers

Executive Director

Tim Whitehouse

Tim is PEER’s Executive Director, leveraging 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 | Something Extraordinary – A Whistleblower Wins

by | April 15, 2021
After years of legal wrangling with the USGS and the Merit Systems Protection Board, a career microbiologist turned whislteblower is reinstated ...

USGS Restores Fired Lab Biosafety Whistleblower 

by | April 14, 2021
Scientist Had Raised Alarms about Wildlife Disease Lab Biosecurity Breaches ...

PEERMail | BLM’s Litmust Test on Whistleblowers

by | April 1, 2021
After years of mismanagement and retaliation against employees who raised concerns about oil and gas projects, can the BLM deliver on Biden's conservation promises ...

USGS Wildlife Labs Criticized Over Animal Care 

by | March 19, 2021
Call for Independent Accreditation of All USGS  Live Animal Facilities ...

BLM Moves to Fire Migratory Bird Whistleblower  

by | March 16, 2021
Reports on Raptors Dying in Big Wyoming Oil and Gas Project Spiked ...

PEERMail | Sunshine Week: Not Letting Our Guard Down

by | March 15, 2021
The fight for government transparency is reaffirmed each year during Sunshine Week, where we stand up for our rights to government information ...
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