Some may "venture" to say he's the most successful former vice president in U.S. history.

Al Gore, the man, the beard (no longer), the legend, has taken a spot as partner at Menlo Park, Calif.'s Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, which has become a leading source of funding for alternative energy companies.

Don't you just love the smell of synergy in the morning?

Australia's Financial & Energy Exchange (FEX) is set to open a new trading board, with former U.S. Vice President Al Gore to give an address at the opening.

The FEX Sustainability and Cleantech Investment Market (FEX-SIM) will open September 14th, with Gore the special guest speaker.

FEX-SIM will target the sustainability and cleantech industries.

What do Al Gore, Rupert Murdoch, and the Rolling Stones have in common? They're all advocates of being "carbon neutral," the New Oxford American Dictionary's Word of the Year for 2006.