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BAYTOWN, Texas (KTRK) This week, the oil and gas industry is center stage with federal and state leaders, leaving neighbors in communities that depend on the energy sector anxious. The state s latest jobs report shows 14,000 mining and logging positions, which includes oil and gas, were lost in the Houston area during 2020. One of the hardest hit areas continues to be Baytown, which relies on the oil and gas industry. Baytown s unemployment rate exceeds 16%, which is more than double the Houston area. There s a fear it could get worse after President Joe Biden signed an The order looks to freeze oil and gas leases on public lands. The Texas Oil and Gas Association said if this becomes permanent, 120,000 jobs will be lost in Texas by next year. ....