Stumbling Toward Progressive Liberal Environmentalism -- Branding and Growth in the "Low Carbon Revolution"--National Mandates for Local Sustainability -- Birmingham as the Birthplace of the "Low Carbon Revolution"--Equitable Greening in Rhetoric and Practice -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 5 Energy and Climate Justice -- Liberal Environmentalism and the Challenge of Multiscalar Climate Justice -- Green Energy and Fuel Poverty -- Combined Heat and Power - Building Birmingham's Win-Win -- Fuel Poverty and the Weight of National Energy Policies -- Retrofits and Climate Justice -- The Limits of Voluntarism -- Coal and Climate Justice in Chicago -- High Ambition and City Limits -- Greening New Development -- Securing Vancouver's Green Brand -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 6 Green Urban Development -- Green Building in Whose Backyard? -- Amenities and the Power of Developers in Vancouver Politics -- The Search for a "Sustainable" Community -- Elusive Affordability -- Environmental Gentrification and Resistance -- Greening and the Transformation of Central Chicago -- Transit-Oriented Development -- The Development Imperative and the Sidelining of Effectiveness -- Birmingham's Failed "Sustainability Quarter" -- Leadership and Limitations in Council Housing -- Slowly Shifting the Development Paradigm -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 7 Environmental Amenities -- Parks, Bikes, and a Greener City for All -- Health and the Value of Nature -- From Climate Governance to Health in the Greening of Birmingham Transit -- Cycling, Air Pollution, and the Persistence of Car-Centricism -- Valuing Nature in Austerity -- Barriers to Green Amenities -- Re-shaping Mobility for the High-Density City -- Transit Capacity and the Limits of Densification -- Leadership and Legitimacy in Vancouver's Bikeways -- Rethinking Use of Public Space -- Amenities and Equity in the Greener City