Jason K Burnett

Former United States Environmental Protection Agency Deputy Associate Administrator, Jason Kestrel Burnett started at the EPA in 2005 as the Senior Policy Advisor to the Assistant Administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation. His primary responsibilities as the Deputy Associate were to advise the EPA Administrator on climate change issues. [http://oversight.house.gov/documents/20080519143232.pdf Deposition of Jason Burnett] , May 15, 2008, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.] Mr. Burnett resigned from the EPA in June 2008.

He has a bachelor's degree in Economics from Stanford University and a master's degree in Earth Systems, an interdisciplinary science, policy and economics program, also from Stanford University. Id.

He most recently outlined in a publicly released letter to Senator Barbara Boxer several instances of White House interference with the agency's findings on how the Clean Air Act could be used to address greenhouse gases. The Senator had inquired in a letter to Mr. Burnett about the EPA's position on California's greenhouse gas emissions waiver request. [http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/6/30/151639/765 Gristmill] ]

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