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Tim Whitehouse

Tim Whitehouse has more than 25 years of experience working on a wide range of environmental issues with governments, businesses, nonprofit organizations and community groups. Tim was a senior attorney at the United States Environmental Protection Agency for 10 years, where he specialized in enforcement of the Clean Water Act and in hazardous waste compliance issues. He was also head of the Law and Policy Program at the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation in Montreal, Canada for 5 years. He has worked as a consultant for companies on environmental compliance issues, and with non-profit 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 in Maryland. He holds a JD and BA from Emory University and an MA from New York University.

Letter to Sec. Haaland – Climate Impacts of Livestock Grazing – 07-22-2022 (PDF)

by | July 22, 2022
Letter to Secretary Deb Haaland and the Climate Task Force regarding Interior’s failure to address climate Impacts of its commercial livestock program ...

COMMENTARY | To Regulate “Super Greenhouse Gases” Congress Must Act

by | November 22, 2021
Congressional action is needed reduce the use of Sulfur Hexafluoride, the most potent “super greenhouse gas” known to exist ...

COMMENTARY | A View of the Climate Emergency

by | July 1, 2021
Time is too short, we must all actively engage to address all aspects of this national climate emergency ...

Letter to President Joe Biden – Oceans 30×30 – 06-14-2021 (PDF) 

by | June 14, 2021
DESCRIPTION: Letter to President Joe Biden regarding the protection of the world’s oceans by 2030 TO: President Joe Biden FROM: Environmental doctors and teachers DATE: June 14, 2021 TAGS: Oceans, 30×30, Climate Science, Biden Administration ...

PEERMail | Cautious Optimism for Biden’s Climate Direction

by | February 1, 2021
New Biden Administration orders on climate and public lands are a call to action. Now the real work begins, and it’s not going to be easy ...
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