ClimateWire: Earlier this year, senators crafting a climate and energy bill were happy to have BP PLC and other oil industry giants at the table. Now, with the Gulf of Mexico oil spill nearing its third month, Republicans are taking aim at this “inconvenient truth.” The White House and its allies on Capitol Hill are using BP as a political villain in their effort to jump-start Senate energy legislation, perhaps including limits on greenhouse gas emissions proposed by Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and …