In 2008 , Moran delivered a testimony to the White House outlining the scientific evidence for climate change , and future predictions which resulted from the research . Between 2009 - 2011 Moran was seconded to President Obama 's White House Office of Science and Technology Policy . Obama instructed the federal government to develop an ocean policy , which was released in 2012 . Moran was involved with the climate policy following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010 . Moran worked with Secretary Steven Chu and BP to work out how to prevent disaster . Moran describes the efforts as " an incredible response , actually , by BP and the government " . She is a supporter of renewable energy , " when I first started to be seriously concerned about the fact we need to stop creating CO2 , I got involved in the first offshore wind farm in the U.S "
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Kate Moran