Public Lands

Executive Director
@TimWhitehouseUS

Tim Whitehouse

Tim Whitehouse has more than 25 years of experience working on a wide range of environmental issues with governments, businesses, nonprofit organizations and community groups. Tim was a senior attorney at the United States Environmental Protection Agency for 10 years, where he specialized in enforcement of the Clean Water Act and in hazardous waste compliance issues. He was also head of the Law and Policy Program at the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation in Montreal, Canada for 5 years. He has worked as a consultant for companies on environmental compliance issues, and with non-profit 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 in Maryland. He holds a JD and BA from Emory University and an MA from New York University.

Arctic Refuge Becoming Oil & Gas White Elephant 

by | December 28, 2020
Desperate Last-Minute Government Maneuvers Denote Industry Disinterest ...

Statement | Ten Steps to Ensure that Proper Leaders Run the Department of the Interior

by | December 22, 2020
A guide for the Biden administration to avoid repeating the Trump administration's unlawful actions in making appointments in the Interior Department ...

Big Cypress ORV Plan a Travesty: Former Superintendent   

by | December 15, 2020
Park Service Shirking Wilderness, Wildlife, and Conservation Responsibilities ...

PEERMail | Climate Change and the Transition Ahead

by | November 16, 2020
Government actions must reflect the reality of climate change. The Biden-Harris campaign promises to address climate change on public lands ...

BLOG | COVID-19, Yellowstone, and the Company that puts the American Public at Risk

by | November 10, 2020
Winter snow guides in Yellowstone protest pandemic response in managed Yellowstone National Park, six guides were fired as a result ...

PEERMail | Troubled Timber Sales at Tongass

by | October 15, 2020
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) is suing the U.S. Forest Service to produce an audit of staggering monetary losses from past timber sales in the Tongass National Forest ...
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