Jeff Lowenfels The 56-year-old former energy lawyer is a behind-the-scenes guru to an increasingly committed crop of activists and politicians who are ticked off by the endless delays in Big Oil's plans for a multibillion-dollar pipeline. In recent weeks, Mr. Lowenfels's disciples have launched a ballot initiative, an antitrust lawsuit and television commercials -- all designed to push the oil companies and Gov. Frank Murkowski to speed up development of the North Slope's gigantic natural-gas reserves. Mr. Lowenfels began holding "guerrilla sessions" beginning in the early 1990s in his downtown Anchorage office to spread the message that the oil companies were dragging their feet. Around a conference table piled high with permits and other documents, Mr. Lowenfels pitched Yukon Pacific's vision for a pipeline to Valdez. Eventually, the guest would ask some variant of the question: If it's such a good idea, why aren't the oil companies pursuing it? In a dramatic flourish, repeated hundreds of times, Mr. Lowenfels would pull back a curtain to reveal a map of the world with corporate logos marking where Exxon and BP have competing gas projects. Read More Uprooted Man 866-610-5297 jeff@gardener.com http://www.gardenerjeff.com/