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Pressing pause: A coalition of state attorneys general filed a lawsuit Monday against President Donald Trump’s attempt to stop the development of wind energy. Attorneys general from 17 states and Washington, D.C., are challenging an executive order Trump signed during his first day in office, pausing approvals, permits and loans for all wind energy projects both onshore and offshore. They say Trump doesn’t have the authority to unilaterally shut down the permitting process, and he’s jeopardizing development of a power source critical to the states’ economic vitality, energy mix, public health and climate goals. Read more from the AP.
Luncheon speaker: Former U.S. Representative Garret Graves will speak at the Rotary Club of Baton Rouge on Wednesday afternoon. Graves, who joined a bipartisan energy council advising lawmakers after he left office, will speak on his reflections on a decade in Congress and Louisiana’s future. The Rotary Club of Baton Rouge meets at noon each Wednesday at Drusilla Seafood.
Picking up: The U.S. services sector’s growth picked up in April, while a measure of prices paid by businesses for materials and services raced to the highest level in more than two years, signaling a building up in inflation pressures due to tariffs. The Institute for Supply Management survey on Monday showed services businesses were worried about the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs on prices and deep federal spending cuts as his administration seeks to drastically shrink the government. Read more from Reuters.
