Hessann Farooqi

⚡️Now: Exec. Director @BostonClimate ⚡️Prev: @withcomplete, @SenMarkey, @bu_tweets ⚡️Always: Iced Coffee Enthusiast // (he/him)

[Hessann Farooqi @hessannf]

Proud to have advocated for this ordinance and joined our mayor as she signed it into law!

[MayorWu @MayorWu]

Proud to sign our City ordinance adopting the state’s Specialized Stretch Energy Code—setting requirements for energy efficiency in new builds & renovations—at the @MuseumofScience! Thank you to @BOSCityCouncil & all our partners for helping build our #GreenNewDeal city.

[Hessann Farooqi @hessannf]

@BUonCities @LorettaCLees @RGS_IBG @RGS_IBGhe Congratulations @LorettaCLees!

[Kelly Garrity @kellygarrity3]

great news!!! soon you can fill the Mass. Playbook shaped hole in your inbox.

we’re launching The Scrum next month - sign up now + tell all your friends: https://t.co/XLTPeAGb9A

[Hessann Farooqi @hessannf]

This would drive up energy bills, increase Mass Save wait times, and worsen air pollution.

This is the wrong move for Massachusetts families.

[CommonWealth Beacon @CWBeacon]

📈 POPULAR NOW

House moves forward with bill to weaken 2030 climate goals https://t.co/u5Vs0HKzGg

[Hessann Farooqi @hessannf]

Congratulations @KarenHolmesWard on your retirement from @WCVB after more than 50 years in broadcasting. Thank you for the many stories you’ve uplifted!

[MBTA @MBTA]

Late-night service is coming to the T. Effective August 24, we're extending service by ~1 hour on subway and 8 frequent bus routes on Fridays & Saturdays with 5 frequent bus routes running extended service every day. All modes will be free after 9pm for five Fridays & Saturdays.

[Hessann Farooqi @hessannf]

Promoting clean energy *is* in the plan because it lowers energy bills, creates jobs, and reduces air pollution.

Not communism, but actually just common sense.

[Jeff Kuhner @TheKuhnerReport]

This is communism. Boston Mayor Wu issues her climate change plan: Ban gas stoves & SUVs; promote wind energy & phase out fossil fuels; gov't surveillance to "track" the miles you drive in your vehicle; homes measured & scored on "climate compliance." Get out of Boston! #mapoli

[Dhruv Kapadia @Dhruv_Kapadia2]

This is what progress looks like. 🛝

For the first time in my hometown’s history, @HVRSD secured $125k in @NJGov State Budget funding.

As Chair of my school board’s Gov’t Relations Committee, I am proud to have led this initiative.

🎥 TY @EthanBlockNJ for telling this story!

[Boston University @BU_Tweets]

Boston University rises in new rankings of world universities and cited as a digital leader in higher education.

Check it out ➡️ https://t.co/s40kqiXcL7

[Hessann Farooqi @hessannf]

In less than 4 years, Boston Community Choice Electricity has saved our families:

💰 $200/year vs. Eversource
💰 $700/year vs. a third-party electricity supplier

BCCE makes affordable, renewable electricity a reality for countless Boston families.

[The Boston Globe @BostonGlobe]

City Hall is steering most Bostonians into a more expensive electricity plan by default — and few seem to know they could save about $65 a year just by selecting the city’s cheaper rate. https://t.co/jMwDF638yb

[Hessann Farooqi @hessannf]

Climate action is popular. Tell your friends.

[Polling USA @USA_Polling]

Support For Repealing The Inflation Reduction Act:

Oppose: 58%
Support: 28%

Unsure: 14%

Data For Progress / May 24, 2025

[Hessann Farooqi @hessannf]

Is it possible to ~impartially~ be a massive developer and the mayor of a major city overseeing development? Even if you refuse yourself from decisions, the regulators still work for you…

[Hessann Farooqi @hessannf]

Don’t mess with Boston.

[MayorWu @MayorWu]

The people of Boston are sick of having people outside of Boston telling us what we need.

[Hessann Farooqi @hessannf]

Let’s be clear about what makes our communities less safe.

Spoiler alert: it’s not immigrants

[MayorWu @MayorWu]

If Republicans in Congress want to help make our country safe, I have some ideas for them.

[Hessann Farooqi @hessannf]

Excited to chat with Director @JanHaaken tonight after the screening!

[GCWS @GCWSatMIT]

Opening night is tonight! We're excited to open the Women Take the Reel Film Festival with "Necessity: Climate Justice & the Thin Green Line"

Director @JanHaaken & @hessannf of @BostonClimate join us for the Q&A after the film. See you soon!

https://t.co/HT7XNMkWLT

[Hessann Farooqi @hessannf]

The horror of…*checks notes*…trees and local jobs.

The City Council should approve this grant without delay, especially in the face of a changing federal administration.

[Gabriela Coletta Zapata @Gigi4District1]

I asked for a vote to pass a $11M federal grant to provide more trees & the workforce to plant them. Unfortunately, a colleague tried to block this $ from our communities. It’s a sad day when we have to justify tree investments in the face of potential federal cuts to our city.

[Hessann Farooqi @hessannf]

Maybe we can finally get it through our heads that people don’t place candidates (or themselves) on a left-right spectrum.

Pundits do that.

[Peter Twinklage @PeterTwinklage]

to the extent there’s connective tissue between the Dems who considerably outperformed Harris in competitive districts/states (Gallego, Gluesenkamp Perez, Ryan) it seems they all championed progressive policies while wrapping themselves in conservative cultural coding.

[Hessann Farooqi @hessannf]

@RepAndyVargas Congratulations! Glad to have you back another term!

[Mara Gay @MaraGay]

A poll worker just yelled out, “first time voter!” and everybody in the Brooklyn polling site cheered

[Lina Khan @linamkhan]

Thanks to @CopyrightOffice, McDonald’s franchisees now have the right to repair their own ice cream machines.

In March @FTC filed a comment in support of this change, and we’ll keep using our tools to protect people’s right to repair.

https://t.co/vzLV15dUEk

[Joel Wool @joelwool]

Great to celebrate awesome collaboration, saving homes from the market and putting them into community control! @Boston_CLT @CityLife_Clvu @SheilaADillon @wutrain @Ruthzee @VoteWorrell