French Oil Company Guilty, But Not Responsible, For Spill

The Paris appeals court has upheld a ruling against French oil giant Total.
French Oil Company Guilty, But Not Responsible, For Spill
Picture taken Oct. 18, 2000, of divers in the rocks of Port-Blanc in Belle-Ile, western France, where they prepare to collect underwater oil residues from the Erika oil spill. Marcel Mochet/AFP/Getty Images
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Picture taken Oct. 18, 2000, of divers in the rocks of Port-Blanc in Belle-Ile, western France, where they prepare to collect underwater oil residues from the Erika oil spill. (Marcel Mochet/AFP/Getty Images )