EPA

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.

BLOG: EPA Science Advisors Slam EPA’s Proposed Water Rule

by Tim Whitehouse | January 6, 2020
A working group of the EPA's Scientific Advisory Board blasts the Administration's efforts to drastically scale back U.S. clean water protections ...

Federal Pollution Prosecutions Continue to Fall

by PEER | November 21, 2019
EPA Criminal Enforcement Program Continues to Shrivel under Trump ...

EPA Stacks the Deck on Pollution Permit Appeals

by PEER | November 7, 2019
EPA would straight-jacket its quasi-independent appeals board by determining what it could hear and how it could rule ...

EPA Declines to Avert Mass-Casualty Refinery Accidents

by PEER | November 5, 2019
Despite Near Misses, Agency Claims Ignorance on Hydrogen Fluoride Risks ...

New EPA Appointee Awash in Toxic Recusals

by PEER | October 22, 2019
Regional Administrator for New England Carries Heavy Baggage from Dow ...