Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 2008, i whakaatu a Moran ki te komiti o te US Senate mo te Taiao me nga Mahi a te Katoa e whakaatu ana i nga taunakitanga putaiao mo te rereketanga o te āhuarangi, me nga matapae o mua i puta mai i te rangahau. I waenga i te 2009 - 2011 i tukuna a Moran ki te Tari Pire o te Whare Pire o te Perehitini Obama mo te Pire Pūtaiao me te Hangarau. I whakahaua e Obama te kāwanatanga ā-rohe ki te whakawhanake i tētahi kaupapa here moana, i tukuna i te tau 2012. I whai wāhi a Moran ki te whakautu a te kāwanatanga ki te
Ko te rerenga hinu o Deepwater Horizon i te tau 2010. I kōwhiria a Moran kia noho ki te kapa o te Hekeretari Steven Chu i roto i taua urupare. E whakaahua ana a Moran i ngā mahi hei "te urupare whakaharahara, nā BP me te kāwanatanga". He kaitautoko ia mo te kaha whakahou, "i te wa i timata ai ahau ki te tino awangawanga mo te mea me mutu e tatou te CO2, i uru ahau ki te papa hau tuatahi o te moana i te US".