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Al Gore’s new book ‘Our Choice’ — a review by John Doerr

[John Doerr is a partner at venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. He submitted this review to VentureBeat. Al Gore was named a partner at Kleiner Perkins two years ago. Both will be speaking at GreenBeat, our conference on the smart grid on Nov.19]

Al Gore’s new book – Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis – is the perfect and powerful sequel to An Inconvenient Truth.

It is wonderfully accessible and pragmatic…. Continue Reading

The next generation is scared and angry

(Editors note: John Doerr has given us an exclusive on the “full length” version of an essay which Time magazine is running this week in its “Nation” section. For background, just a few days ago we mentioned John’s role in pushing for emissions-capping legislation in California. As a venture capitalist with Kleiner Perkins, he has been investing in clean technologies.)

After dinner one recent night, family and friends were discussing their views on global warming. With… Continue Reading