GMOs in the EUWill the European Commission’s May 7th meeting about genetically modified crops lead to them being approved for cultivation in the European Union?EUCROPPolar Bears Added to Threatened Species ListWill the U.S. list polar bears as a threatened species by mid-May?ENDANGEREDSuccessful Fake MeatWill PETA award $1 million to a team that creates in-vitro meat by December 31, 2012?FAKEMEATGasoline Breaks $4 a gallonWill the average gasoline price in the U.S. break $4 per gallon?HIGHERGASFutureGen RescuedWill FutureGen receive funding, either from government or private sources, to continue the project? FUTUREGENCalifornia Emissions GoalWill California stick to its revised requirement (reduced by 70 percent from its 2003 requirement) that auto manufacturers in the state put 7,500 electric and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles on the road by 2014?CALIFUELWilkins BreaksWill the Wilkins Ice Shelf experience further disintegration over the next month?ICESHELFGasoline Breaks $3.50 a gallonWill the average gasoline price in the U.S. break $3.50 per gallon by April 15?GASPRICEOther Plants Found to Process Bad MeatWill the USDA find another meat-producing facility illegally processing sick cattle into beef by the end of February?BADBEEFBig Screen eeeWill Asus release a 10-inch version of its popular budget ultra-portable laptop, the eeePC, by June 1, 2008?EEE10China Tries to Suppress Olympic RainWill it rain during the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony?REDRAINIron-Seeding MissionWill the Planktos vessel Weatherbird II depart on its iron-seeding mission before January 15, 2008?PLANKTOSGiant Sails on FreightersWill the sail-assisted Beluga freighter depart by December 20, 2007?SKYSAILSeed-Vault WithdrawalWill there be an emergency withdrawal from the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in its first year of operation?SEEDSWarmer Winter Than Last YearWill this winter be warmer than last winter?MILDWINTERFewer Honeybee Colonies Die Off in 2008Will fewer honeybee colonies die off in 2008 than in 2007, showing the bee crisis to be a natural phase and not a portent of a larger, longer problem?BEEBACKSugar Battery within Three YearsWill a sugar-powered fuel-cell battery be available for sale to the general public by January 1, 2010?SGRBATRYMajor U.S. Cities Ban Plastic BagsBy year's end, will New York, Los Angeles or Chicago join the handful of cities that have restricted or banned non-biodegradable plastic shopping bags? PLTCBANNorthwest Passage Commercial Use Will the Northwest Passage be used for commercial shipping purposes by September 30, 2008?NTHWSTArctic Ocean Oil RushThis proposition will pay out at POP$100 per share if oil from a rig in the Lomonosov Ridge, the Beaufort Sea or the Chuckchi Sea is produced and packaged for export by January 1, 2010. ARCOILJatropha Biofuel Exported?Will jatropha-oil-derived biodiesel be exported to the Europe or the United States by the end of 2008?JATROPHAArctic Sea Ice Drops 20% below Record Low?Will the extent of Arctic sea-ice coverage this year drop a full 20 percent below the previous all-time low?NOICECongestion Pricing in the US by 2009?Will a major U.S. city with a population of 1 million or more adopt a congestion pricing plan to combat traffic and emissions by January 1, 2009?CNGSTNAir Pollution Postpones OlympicsWill any Olympic event be postponed due to dangerous air-pollution levels during the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing?OLYMPAIRU.S. MPG Standards Upgraded AgainWill an additional increase in the United States's minimum required automobile fuel-efficiency requirements be enacted via legislation before 2010?USMPGWater Crisis In U.S. WestWill the Western U.S. suffer a catastrophic water crisis by 2010? DRYWSTDongtan Inhabited by 2010Will the Chinese eco-city Dongtan open with full-time residents by 2010 as scheduled?DONGTANChina-U.S. Greenhouse-Gas TreatyWill China and the U.S. sign a binding treaty concerning their greenhouse-gas emissions by 2009? GASTRTYVirgin Earth ChallengeWill an individual or group win the $25 million Virgin Earth Challenge for inventing a commercially viable way of removing carbon dioxide from the earth's atmosphere by the end of 2010?VRGEARTHMajor U.S. Hurricane in 2007Will a Category 3, 4 or 5 hurricane make landfall within the U.S. this year?HURICANGas Prices Hit Record HighWill gas prices in the U.S. reach $3.50 a gallon by Labor Day 2007?HIGASEthanol's Long-Term FutureWill the U.S. produce at least 35 billion gallons of ethanol or other alternative fuels in 2017?ETHNOLBird Flu in North AmericaWill someone in North America contract bird flu by December 31, 2007?H5N1Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs Gain Market ShareWill compact fluorescent bulbs gain at least 10 percent of the U.S. market by 2009?BULBSU.S. Carbon Trading LawWill Congress pass—and the future president sign—a bill that institutes a market-based system for regulating carbon dioxide emissions throughout the U.S. by 2010?CO2MKT