Canadian Press: Texas, headquarters of America’s oil industry, is about to stake a fortune on wind power. In what experts say is the biggest investment in the clean and renewable energy in U.S. history, utility officials in Texas gave preliminary approval Thursday to a $4.9 billion plan to build new transmission lines. They will carry wind-generated electricity from gusty West Texas to urban areas like Dallas. “People think about oil wells and football in Texas, but in 10 years …