MANCHESTER, N.H. —

Gov. Kelly Ayotte said Monday she wants to bring back a much-debated natural gas pipeline project to increase supplies to New Hampshire.

Ayotte expressed her support for the Constitution Pipeline as Lee Zeldin, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, was in New Hampshire.

Zeldin met with Ayotte and top state officials as he toured Eversource headquarters in the Manchester Millyard.

As he promotes what the administration is calling "cooperative federalism" with the states, he is also talking about a top priority of President Donald Trump: increasing energy supply to the Northeast.

Zeldin said the EPA can play a crucial role in adding more natural gas capacity in New England. Zeldin's home state of New York has been an obstacle to the plan, but he said t

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