MIDDLETOWN, R.I. — If current development trends persist, 100 percent of the unprotected farmland, woods, and other open space on Aquidneck Island will be developed by 2050, according to a recent analysis.

COVENTRY, R.I. — A Rhode Island Superior Court judge recently validated the town’s denial of a ground-mounted solar-energy project off Route 117 and Carr’s Trail.

SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — The transaction had been in the works for more than a year, but the South Kingstown Land Trust recently made the purchase official. It’s now the owner of 43 acres of woodlands on the south side of Worden’s Pond Road that once belonged to the Rhode Island Boy Scouts.

The forthcoming report from the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on the cumulative environmental impacts of the Vineyard Wind project will determine the future of offshore wind development.

PROVIDENCE — Carol Grant’s somewhat-brief tenure as head of the Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources comes to an end Jan. 10.

HOPKINTON, R.I. — The controversial issue of developing utility-scale solar and wind on open space has divided Rhode Island. And perhaps nowhere more so than in this rural town in Washington County.

PROVIDENCE — Expect several proposals this year that aim to curtail Rhode Island’s primary sources of greenhouse gases: transportation, heating, and power generation.

The latest regional plan to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions was launched with little fanfare in Rhode Island and united opposition from fossil-fuel front groups. There was even criticism from environmentalists.

PROVIDENCE — Be prepared for stiff right-wing opposition to the latest effort to curb climate emissions in Rhode Island and across the region.

The combination of the curving shape of Cape Cod, the region’s strong winds and currents, and the rapid cooling of the ocean in October and November make for a deadly threat to the rarest and smallest sea turtle on Earth.

A new book about the 18 species of amphibians that live in Rhode Island is shedding light on the regional conservation needs of frogs, toads, and salamanders. Proceeds from the book will help fund local protection efforts.

CUMBERLAND, R.I. — At the Cumberland Land Trust’s nature preserve on Nate Whipple Highway, beavers created numerous dams on East Sneech Brook in the years after their arrival in 2014.

A team of scientists from the New England Aquarium has been conducting periodic aerial surveys of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument and has documented an impressive list of marine life that illustrates why conservationists have been advocating for its protection.

KINGSTON, R.I. — University of Rhode Island coral biologist Hollie Putnam is teaming up with other experts to study the intricacies of how corals grow and function, in an effort to find new ways to help coral reef systems survive the damage being caused to them by a changing climate.

PROVIDENCE — Dredging of the Providence River, from the Providence Place mall to the new pedestrian bridge, is expected to start soon despite initial objections from Save The Bay.