scientific integrity

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.

COMMENTARY | The Trump Administration’s War on Climate Science

by Tim Whitehouse | April 29, 2019
The Trump administration’s pro-industry, anti-science agenda has undermined the work of every federal agency that conducts climate science and has a broad chilling effect on agency personnel ...

Federal Scientists Face Official Barriers in Publishing

by PEER | December 10, 2018
Muddled and Conflicting Policies Put Scientists in “Publish and Perish” Dilemma ...

Promised EPA Scientific Freedoms Real Or A Mirage?

by PEER | February 6, 2018
Pruitt Sued to Produce Noninterference Directives He Claims to Have Issued ...

Interior Nominee Tied to Arctic Refuge Scientific Fraud

by PEER | May 9, 2017
Bernhardt Aided Misleading Congress about Oil Drilling Effects in Arctic Refuge ...

USDA Justifies Scientific Suppression as Its Policy

by PEER | February 24, 2016
Confidential Agency Panel Approves Censorship and Media Gag Orders ...