Environmental Justice Leaders Look for a Focus on Disproportionately Impacted Communities of Color They want Trump’s rollbacks rescinded and renewed emphasis on justice and equity via enforcement of federal law, from the Clean Air Act to FEMA recovery aid. December 13, 2020 "Black towns matter" painted on the street in Barrett, Texas, a historically Black town outside Houston adjacent to the French Limited Superfund hazardous waste site. After Hurricane Harvey in 2017, residents of Barrett worried that flooding had spread contaminants from the site into the town. Credit: Spike Johnson Related Share this article For environmental justice advocates who have spent decades fighting to protect communities from polluters, the new year cannot come too soon. After four years of the Trump administration shredding the Environmental Protection Agency into “little tidbits,” as President Donald Trump put it during his first campaign, change is in the air.