Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 2008, Moran akapa uchapupu kukomiti yeSeneti yeUnited States yeZvakatipoteredza nePublic Works ichitsanangura uchapupu hwezvesayenzi hwekushanduka kwemamiriro okunze, uye kufungidzira kweramangwana kwakabuda mukutsvakurudza. Pakati pa2009 - 2011 Moran akaendeswa kuWhite House Office of Science and Technology Policy yeMutungamiri Obama. Obama akarayira hurumende yemubatanidzwa kuti igadzire mutemo wegungwa, uyo wakabudiswa muna 2012. Moran aibatanidzwa nemhinduro yehurumende ku
Deepwater Horizon mafuta anodonha muna 2010. Moran akasarudzwa kuti ave muboka raSecretary Steven Chu mukupindura ikoko. Moran anorondedzera nhamburiko dzacho se"mhinduro inoshamisa, chaizvoizvo, neBP nehurumende". Iye mutsigiri wesimba rinowedzerwazve, "apo ini ndakatanga kunetseka zvakakomba pamusoro pechokwadi chokuti tinofanira kurega [kusika] CO2, ndakabatanidzwa mumunda wokutanga wemhepo yegungwa muU.S".