East Side Environmental shares community-centered data and analysis focused on improving air quality and quality of life on Detroit’s East Side and beyond. The project grew out of frustration with how the status quo persists—through violations, weak enforcement, and unused levers of power. After organizing around air quality issues from Stellantis’ Detroit Assembly Complex, this page takes a step back to see the bigger picture: connect data, patterns, and lived experience to seek real change in our air and on the ground. Read WHAT IS THIS? for the full backstory.
Read the POWER OVER POLLUTION series, an easy to understand guide to WHO CAN DO WHAT when it comes to industrial pollution. Use the updatedEASTSIDE 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.