About
Rep. Hinck
Representative Jon Hinck is an attorney in Portland who works
on behalf of workers, consumers and the environment. He recently
spent three years with the Natural Resources Council of Maine,
Maine's leading environmental advocacy group. With NRCM, Jon worked
to promote renewable energy, control mercury pollution and remove
chemical hazards from Maine schools. In 2004, he led a successful
effort to enact a landmark electronic waste law that enables the
environmentally sound recycling of old computers and TVs at manufacturer,
not taxpayer, expense.
After getting a bachelor’s from the University of Pennsylvania,
Jon worked for Greenpeace for 10 years, including as campaign director
for Greenpeace International in charge of the group’s worldwide
program. He was instrumental in building Greenpeace USA into one
of the largest environmental groups in the U.S. and spearheaded
major efforts in marine ecology, energy and toxics issues. In 1990
Jon earned a JD from the University of California Berkeley. In
private law practice, first in California and later in Maine, he
concentrated on pro-environment and pro-consumer litigation including
important work in major environmental cases such as the Exxon Valdez
oil spill litigation and MTBE groundwater pollution cases.
Jon's experience includes serving as the acting attorney general
for the Republic of Palau, a Pacific Island nation. In 1996 he
was a delegate at the Kyoto Convention. Jon has taught environmental
law as an adjunct professor at the University of Southern Maine
and is a member of Portland's Sustainability Task Force. He is
married to Juliet Browne, also a Portland attorney. They have a
11-year-old daughter.
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News
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Committees
Rep. Hinck serves as House chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Utilities
and Energy.
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up for advance notice of public hearings click
here.
Issues
You can learn more about what the House Democrats are doing for
Maine by clicking
here. And I'd like to hear what you think -- please Contact
Me.
Legislation
Click on the buttons below to see all bills and joint resolutions
and orders I sponsored or cosponsored this session, as well as
legislative sentiments that honor and recognize people from our
district and throughout the state.
To do a general bill search, click
here.
Contact Me
Thank you for taking time to contact me. You may use the online
Contact Form to reach
me.
You can also contact me at my home:
142 Pine Street
Portland, ME 04102
Home tel: (207) 828-0995
When the Legislature is in session, you can leave
a message for me by calling the State House Message
Phone: (800) 423-2900 or the State House TTY Line:
(207) 287-4469.
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