This City Is Tapping a Climate Cash Bonanza While It Can

For Brian Beffort, the sustainability manager of Washoe County, Nev., the federal government’s commitment to fighting climate change has been basically a bonanza.He’s been on the job for 15 months and already the county, which includes Reno, is expecting money to start flowing from a $156 million statewide grant he helped clench that can pay for rooftop solar panels for low-income residents. Other federal…