Scientific Integrity

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.

Op-Ed | Reversing Scientific Integrity’s Race to the Bottom

by | April 21, 2021
Biden's order to review federal agencies' scientific integrity policies must include certain provisions to work - suppression of science is a major problem ...

BLOG | Supreme Court FOIA Decision and Official Candor

by | March 16, 2021
The recent Supreme Court decision makes government less transparent by shielding scientific conclusions from disclosure unless they are finally adopted by agency decision-makers ...

PEERMail | Sunshine Week: Not Letting Our Guard Down

by | March 15, 2021
The fight for government transparency is reaffirmed each year during Sunshine Week, where we stand up for our rights to government information ...

Fraud Charged in EPA Pesticide Risk Assessment

by | February 25, 2021
Downgrade of Fumigant Cancer-Potential Due to Pervasive Misconduct ...

EPA Scientists Sound Alarm on Chemical Assessments

by | February 24, 2021
Agency’s Toxic Internal Chemistry Reflected in New Employee Survey ...

PEERMail | What’s Next On Scientific Integrity?

by | February 16, 2021
The influence of scientists in government has been gradually eroded over the last four decades as powerful economic interests asserted themselves ...
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