Sustainability numbers among its advocates some scrupulous scientists and quite a few sober facilities managers who simply want to trim utility bills.

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The report calls for requiring nursing homes and adult-care facilities to have evacuation plans and backup power sources and asks for stricter enforcement of standards for utility companies.

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But they are reinvesting the money in more and better manufacturing facilities, which further adds to the worldwide capacity to build, say, sport-utility vehicles.

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