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Monday, November 12, 2007

Al Gore's next act: Planet-saving VC

Al Gore's next act: Planet-saving VC
The recovering politician is teaming with a legendary venture capitalist and bigtime moneyman to make over the $6 trillion global energy business. A Fortune exclusive>

Also Kleiner Perkins To Zero In On Solar, Distributed Generation Space In India

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