clean 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 | We Can’t Build Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis

by Tim Whitehouse | November 19, 2021
Reducing our energy use must be a goal. Time is too short, and the climate math is too rigorous, for us to build our way out of this crisis ...

Webinar | Is “Retail Choice” Working For U.S. Consumers?

by PEER | September 14, 2021
Webinar features experts in key states that deregulated their residential energy supply markets in the 1990s and their lessons learned ...

COMMENTARY | Green Energy: An Eco-Price for Fighting Climate Change

by Guest Contributor | April 20, 2021
Increasing wind energy production, a necessity for clean energy goals, will impact navigation, endangered species, marine mammals and fisheries ...

Maryland Clean Energy Program Has Big Dirty Component  

by PEER | January 28, 2021
Consumers Paying More for High-Polluting Renewables “Dressed in Green ...

Maryland Renewable Energy Report

by Susan Sargent | January 27, 2021
A large and growing portion of Maryland’s renewable “clean energy” comes from high-polluting energy sources ...