East Side Environmental shares community-centered data and analysis dedicated to the improvement of air quality and “quality of life” on the East Side of Detroit and beyond. This is a response to, and study of, how it seems the status quo is maintained throughout violations and oversight. After attempting to organize around air quality, this page steps back to learn more, look at the big picture, parse big data, and think differently toward material change in our air and on the ground. Read WHAT IS THIS? to get the back story.
HOT Learn more about the fire at Aevitas Specialty Services on June 30, 2025. Read Council Member Johnson’s memo on Aevitas. Read LPD’s proposed resolution that is on the Oct 20 Public Health and Safety Committee agenda.
Residents and activists continue to push back against Crown’s Kronos Concrete.
Read the NEW POWER OVER POLLUTION series, an easy to understand guide to WHO CAN DO WHAT when it comes to industrial pollution. Use the updated EASTSIDE SPEED DIAL list with clickable contact info for city, county, state and federal representatives.
Read profiles on 14 East Side INDUSTRIAL SITES. These are attempts to share accessible, well-researched info on the companies that operate in our backyards. This is not an exhaustive list and is a work in progress. 13 of these 14 sites have had city, state or federally issued violations since 2019. One is a truck yard logistics site with numerous complaints. Our focus is on EAST SIDE AIR QUALITY since Detroit’s Incinerator was shut down.
Thanks to the work of activists, community orgs, and their representatives Detroit has expanded air quality MONITORING.