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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.

PEERMail | Save the EPA

by | September 19, 2022
On September 20, 2022, thousands of people from around the country will take part in a rally outside of the EPA headquarters in DC ...

EPA Routinely Ignores Chemical Risk Calculations

by | August 2, 2022
Workers imperiled by failures to flag serious known hazards ...

EPA Corrupted Pesticide Risk Assessment to Aid Industry

by | July 21, 2022
IG Found Managers Trampled Standard Procedures to Diminish Cancer Risk ...

EPA Flunks PFAS Chemistry Test

by | June 27, 2022
New Advisories Ignore Precursors That Transform into Most Toxic Fluorinated Chemicals ...

PEERMail | Getting a Grip on Toxic Chemicals

by | May 2, 2022
As thousands of communities throughout the country find their water and food contaminated on with PFAS, the pressure is on EPA to act ...
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