Mealey's (May 24, 2021, 2:01 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A District of Columbia federal judge on May 21 declined Indian tribes’ request to shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) and blamed the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which the court previously found had “acted unlawfully” in approving a pipeline easement near the tribes’ land, for “ducking the controversy” since the easement was vacated nearly a year ago....