Need Help with Essay Topic for the Gateway Pipleline in BC...

Help! I wonder if anyone can suggest a topic for an essay on the proposed Gateway Pipeline in BC? I have done a rough outline for the paper but am not quite sure about how to develop a thesis statement around the topic...

My outline is as follows:

1. What the project is and where it will run through BC

2.Pro's of the project
-why the Canadian goverment wants it
-economic benfits

3.Con's of the project
Who is opposed to the project
-enviromentalists-Emcor's history of accidents
-aboriginals-how it might affect their ability to make a living

I guess what I am looking for are any suggestions on how to develop this essay around the topic.

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

Yes, you need to have raw material to use for your essay. Read what has been written about it... arguments have been made on both sides, and you have to explain what the arguments were and really analyze them. You have to read enough of what people have written about it so that you form an opinion, and then you won't need to get advice about how to develop the essay because you'll have this idea you want to express.

I think some important person, like a judge or something, wrote a research study about the pipeline. I saw it online once. Do google searches and find all the good articles about this controversy.

As you read, watch for an idea that comes to mind -- the way you see the situation.
After that, just start typing body paragraphs. Every paragraph has a main idea that is given in the first sentence of the paragraph. So if you write 7 pages you might have about 18 body paragraphs... 18 ideas to support your argument.

Start pulling ideas out of the articles you find, and let each idea become a body paragraph. Write the introduction last, after you really developed your opinion about the issue. :-)