Artificial Intelligence

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.

EPA Turns Against Its Own Mission — How We Fight Back

by Tim Whitehouse | September 10, 2026
Under Administrator Lee Zeldin’s leadership, EPA has instituted a culture of fear, destroyed its science programs, gutted most of its environmental programs, and betrayed its basic mission in order to please a few select powerful industries ...

EPA Embrace of AI Yields More Questions Than Answers

by PEER | June 1, 2026
“Evidence Plan” Is Hopelessly Vague and Subject to Political Manipulation ...

FCC Must Consider Impacts of Million-Satellite Constellation

by PEER | March 24, 2026
SpaceX Opposes Any Review of Environmental Effects in the United States ...

Extensive Musk Tendrils in NOAA Revealed

by PEER | April 21, 2025
More Than 210,000 Recent Communications with Musk Operatives ...