Teresa Homsi | WCMU
Teresa Homsi is an environmental reporter and Report for America corps member based in northern Michigan for WCMU. She is covering rural environmental issues, public health and Michigan commerce. Homsi has a bachelor’s from Central Michigan University in environmental studies, journalism and anthropology. During her undergraduate, she was a beat reporter for CMU’s student newspaper Central Michigan Life and interned for the Huron Daily Tribune. She has also interned for the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy in the superfund section.
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The review is a major step toward a permitting decision on the controversial proposal to build a tunnel underneath the Straits of Mackinac. The last day for the public to comment is June 30. -
As the storm swept across northern-lower Michigan, more than an inch and a half of ice collected on tree branches, power lines, homes and vehicles. -
State and federal authorities are assessing damage to private property this week in 12 counties in northern Michigan. -
DNR pans to clear a little over half a square mile of forest for solar panels in Otsego County sparked a firestorm of criticism from lawmakers. -
The Great Lakes are home to the largest coastal dune ecosystem in the world. These vulnerable dunes support a variety of unique plants, insects, and animals – including an endangered, tiny bird. -
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced in late June what will — and won’t — be evaluated in its Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on Enbridge's proposed Line 5 tunnel. -
Residents say a legacy dump site has been ignored for decades. The site is slowly leaking toxic chemicals into Lake Superior, and there doesn't appear to be a plan to stop it. -
The debt ceiling deal sets a hard deadline — just two years — on federal environmental reviews of infrastructure projects. -
Nessel's lawsuit says Enbridge’s pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac violates Michigan’s public trust doctrine. Litigation went on in a state court for a year before Enbridge took the case to federal court.
