Mealey's (February 22, 2022, 12:36 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling vacating the easement for the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) so a federal environmental study for the project can be conducted stands after the U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 22 denied the pipeline developer’s petition for certiorari in a case filed by four Indian tribes....