North Dakota governor orders emergency evacuation of Dakota Access protest camp at Standing Rock

‘North Dakota’s Republican Governor Doug Burgum has issued an emergency order for the Oceti Sakowin protest camp to evacuate the area immediately.
“Out of concern for the safety of people who are residing on US Army Corps of Engineers land in southern Morton County and to avoid an ecological disaster to the Missouri River,” read a statement from the governor’s office on Wednesday.
The camp has housed hundreds, sometimes thousands of Dakota Access Pipeline opponents who have spent several months protesting the pipeline.’
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