Right whale

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 | NOAA’s Failure on the North Atlantic Right Whale 

by Tim Whitehouse | March 11, 2021
The North Atlantic right whale is one of the most critically endangered whales on the planet and NOAA's inaction is putting it on the path to extinction ...

North Atlantic Right Whales – Births and Deaths by Year

by Susan Sargent | March 8, 2021
The North Atlantic right whale is facing extinction from low births and high deaths due to ship strikes, fishing gear entanglements and other human activity ...

NOAA Kisses Off Right Whale Survival  

by PEER | February 19, 2021
New NOAA Finding at Odds with Science, Facts, and the Law ...

NOAA Balks at Steps to Save Remaining Right Whales  

by PEER | July 9, 2020
Scientists Ignored as Agency Delays Entanglement and Ship Strike Relief ...

NOAA Adopting Ship Speed Limits to Save the Right Whale

by PEER | June 23, 2006
Ship Strikes are Largest Threat to Critically Endangered Marine Mammal ...