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That would be the Hard Rock Casino Tejon, whose opening on Thursday brings industrial-strength Indian gaming — and some Hollywood pizzazz — to a territory better known for cowboy hats, farmland and petroleum extraction.

The administration has also pared down the size and regulatory authority of environmental agencies, and has acted to open more protected public lands and marine areas to natural-resource extraction and other potentially harmful activities.

He has rolled back restrictions on oil, gas, and coal, signed billions of dollars of tax breaks for fossil fuel firms, and opened up federal lands for extraction.

After a century of oil extraction in Baldwin Hills, pressure is mounting to free the 1,000-acre oil field for a better use.

This vast region is targeted for the extraction of polymetallic nodules that contain valuable minerals such as cobalt, nickel, and copper -- key components for electric vehicles and renewable technologies.