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EDINBURGH/ABERDEEN, Scotland, May 14 (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron travels to Scotland on Friday to face his new adversary, the Scottish secessionist leader whose triumph at last week's election put Britain's unity in jeopardy just nine months after a referendum saved it.

(Fri, 15 May 2015) Although U.S. carbon dioxide emissions associated with electricity generation have fallen from the 2005 level, they are projected to increase in the coming decades, based on analysis in EIA's Annual Energy Outlook 2015 that reflects current laws and regulations, and therefore does not include proposed rules such as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan.

LOS ANGELES/BOSTON, May 15 (Reuters) - When Debbie Dooley, a Tea Party firebrand from Woodstock Georgia, makes the case for solar power, she doesn't rely on the usual environmental talking points.

* Current account surplus widens to 10 bln rgt vs revised 5.7 bln in Q4

SEOUL, May 15 (Reuters) - South Korea's imports of Iranian crude fell 6.5 percent in April from a year ago, with its oil shipments from the OPEC country in the first four months of 2015 dropping nearly 14 percent year-on-year to meet international sanction requirements.

SYDNEY/MELBOURNE, May 15 (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Friday threw his support behind a proposed senate inquiry into the economic impact of a slump in the price of iron ore, ratcheting up pressure on top producers Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton.

SEATTLE, May 14 (Reuters) - The first of two Royal Dutch Shell drilling rigs slated for Arctic oil exploration arrived in Seattle on Thursday as environmental activists geared up for days of protests over plans to store the equipment at the city's port.

MELBOURNE/SYDNEY, May 14 (Reuters) - A leading independent senator in Australia has pulled a vote that could have launched an inquiry into the economic impact of a slump in the price of iron ore, just as a campaign against top producers Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton was ratcheted up.

CAMP DAVID, Md., May 14 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday that, in the event of a threat to Gulf nations, the United States would consider using military force for their defense.

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