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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 | Taking Trump to Court Over Clean Water

by Tim Whitehouse | May 1, 2020
PEER joined 13 conservation groups in filing a lawsuit in federal court against the administration’s effort to eliminate clean water protections for wetlands and streams that feed drinking-water sources for 200 million Americans ...

New Water Rule Guts Wetlands Projects 

by PEER | April 21, 2020
EPA’s Analysis Finds Nearly Half Billion Dollars in Annual Business Losses Possible ...

PEERMail: The Worst One Yet

by Tim Whitehouse | January 30, 2020
Of the estimated 95 Trump environmental rollbacks, one of the most dangerous is the aim to gut the Clean Water Act, threatening water security and drinking water quality ...

EPA Political Appointees Violate Science Integrity Rules

by PEER | January 19, 2020
Complaint Details HQ Systematically Sidelining Science in WOTUS Review ...