Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A shekara ta 2008, Moran ya ba da shaida ga kwamitin Majalisar Dattawa na Amurka kan muhalli da ayyukan jama'a wanda ke nuna hujjojin kimiyya game da canjin yanayi, da kuma hasashen nan gaba wanda ya samo asali daga binciken. Tsakanin 2009 - 2011 An tura Moran zuwa Ofishin Fasaha da Fasaha na Fadar White House na Shugaba Obama. Obama ya umurci gwamnatin tarayya da ta samar da manufofin teku, wanda aka saki a shekarar 2012. Moran ya shiga cikin martanin gwamnati ga
Ruwan mai na Deepwater Horizon a shekara ta 2010. An zabi Moran ya kasance cikin tawagar Sakatare Steven Chu a wannan martani. Moran ya bayyana kokarin a matsayin "amsa mai ban mamaki, a zahiri, ta BP da gwamnati". Ta kasance mai goyon bayan makamashi mai sabuntawa, "lokacin da na fara damuwa da gaske game da gaskiyar cewa muna buƙatar dakatar da [ƙirƙirar] CO2, na shiga cikin gonar iska ta farko a cikin Amurka".