Green infrastructure requires freer markets

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Climate ambitions are off the chart this Earth Day as policymakers explore the last hope of bipartisanship: infrastructure.

The Biden administration has called for an eye-popping $2 trillion infrastructure investment. It would also mandate complete energy grid decarbonization by 2035. Meanwhile, the audacity of climate announcements from the business community is staggering. Infrastructure transformation is achievable only if policymakers aim to energize the greening of the private sector, not to promote symbolism over results.

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