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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.

PEERMail | Bungling Public Health in a Pandemic

by Tim Whitehouse | March 13, 2020
The bungled response to the COVID-19 pandemic exposes the rapid decline in the U.S. government’s ability to anticipate and respond to emerging and existing public health threats ...

America’s Rangelands Deeply Damaged by Overgrazing  

by PEER | March 5, 2020
Figures Show Vast Areas Failing BLM’s Own Rangeland Health Standards ...

Taxpayers Fleeced Once Again

by PEER | February 3, 2020
Public Lands Livestock Operations Pay the Bare Minimum ...

Rock Bottom Federal Grazing Fees Probed

by PEER | November 14, 2019
BLM Cloaking Environmental and Fiscal Impacts of Vast Livestock Program ...

BLM Whistleblower Reinstated

by PEER | October 21, 2019
Courthouse Steps Agreement Means Monday MSPB Hearing Is Cancelled ...