EPA

Executive Director

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 | Save the EPA

by Susan Sargent | September 19, 2022
On September 20, 2022, thousands of people from around the country will take part in a rally outside of the EPA headquarters in DC ...

Food Supply Chain Imperiled by PFAS-Laden Barrels

by Susan Sargent | September 12, 2022
EPA Confirms PFAS in Fluorinated Containers Leach into Contents ...

COMMENTARY | The Worst Kind of Backroom Deal

It is time to work to stop the Manchin-Schumer side deal to the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA ...

EPA’s Belated PFAS Pesticide Ingredient Ban Does Little

by Susan Sargent | September 7, 2022
Banning a Dozen Inert Ingredients Does Not Stem PFAS Agricultural Spread ...

STATEMENT | EPA’s PFOA and PFOS Hazardous Substances Designation Under CERCLA Proposal

by Tim Whitehouse | August 26, 2022
Today's actions by the EPA do nothing to stem the tide of future Superfund sites caused by toxic PFAS contamination ...
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