Mike De Socio is a CNET contributor who writes about energy, personal finance, electric vehicles and climate change. He's also the author of the nonfiction book, "Morally Straight: How the Fight for ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — Clouds kept the wind a little calmer Friday. Gusts were quite a bit calmer in low elevations while they blew equally as strong up in the mountains. That little change is because ...